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Do Not Use Olmesartan for High Blood Pressure
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(January 2018)
Olmesartan (BENICAR) is one of eight drugs in the family of commonly used blood pressure-lowering medications known as angiotensin II receptor blockers. Learn about the severe, life-threatening gastrointestinal adverse effects of olmesartan that could land you in the hospital. -
Dangers of Taking Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Together
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(September 2011)
Find out how using a combination of two drugs, one from each of these two families, can increase the risks of kidney toxicity and dangerously higher blood levels of potassium compared to use of one of these two families of drugs alone. The article lists 10 different drugs in the first class and seven in the second class. Worse yet, most of the patients in the study were prescribed the combination to treat conditions for which the combination has not proven to be beneficial. -
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Can Make Blood Pressure Hard to Control
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(February 2009)
Twenty different NSAIDS (nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs) are listed in this article that can adversely affect your blood pressure control. The article discusses the way in which this happens and what you can do about it. -
Potassium Increases Due to Drug Interactions Can Be Dangerous
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(November 2008)
One of the most common drug interactions occurs when patients take two or more drugs that can each increase blood potassium levels. The resulting condition, hyperkalemia (increased blood potassium levels), can cause nausea, fatigue, muscle weakness or tingling sensations, as well as heart abnormalities, showing up as an abnormal electrocardiogram. In some cases it can be fatal. The article lists 50 drugs which, especially when used in combination, can cause hyperkalemia. -
DO NOT USE UNTIL 2011 Eplerenone (INSPRA) For High Blood Pressure
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(December 2003)
This statement appears in the professional product labeling, or package insert, for eplerenone: “The principal risk of INSPRA is hyperkalemia. Hyperkalemia can cause serious, sometimes fatal, arrhythmias (heart rhythm disturbances).”
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