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OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL


DIR Classification


Classification:Less-DIR concern
Severity Score:1

Description in Drug Labeling: View Full Labeling: SPL in DailyMed | PDF

  • ADVERSE REACTIONS
  • Post-Marketing Experience:
  • The following adverse reactions have been reported in post-marketing experience:
  • - Body as a Whole:Asthenia, angioedema
  • - Gastrointestinal: Vomiting
  • - Metabolic and Nutritional Disorders:Hyperkalemia
  • - Musculoskeletal: Rhabdomyolysis
  • - Urogenital System: Acute renal failure, increased blood creatinine levels
  • - Skin and Appendages: Alopecia, pruritus, urticaria

Postmarketing Surveillance

Contingency Table:

Current Drug
Other Drugs
Rhabdomyolysis
36
42876
Other ADRs
9919
14107360

Odds Ratio = 1.195

Drug Property Information



ATC Code(s):
  • C09DA08 - olmesartan medoxomil
    • C09DA - Angiotensin II antagonists and diuretics
    • C09D - "ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONISTS, COMBINATIONS"
    • C09 - AGENTS ACTING ON THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
    • C - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • C09CA08 - olmesartan medoxomil
    • C09CA - "Angiotensin II antagonists, plain"
    • C09C - "ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONISTS, PLAIN"
    • C09 - AGENTS ACTING ON THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
    • C - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • C09DX03 - olmesartan medoxomil
    • C09DX -
    • C09D - "ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONISTS, COMBINATIONS"
    • C09 - AGENTS ACTING ON THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
    • C - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • C09DB02 - olmesartan medoxomil
    • C09DB - Angiotensin II antagonists and calcium channel blockers
    • C09D - "ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONISTS, COMBINATIONS"
    • C09 - AGENTS ACTING ON THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
    • C - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Active Ingredient:olmesartan medoxomil
Active Ingredient UNII:6M97XTV3HD
Drugbank ID:DB00275
PubChem Compound:158781
CAS Number:144689-24-7
Dosage Form(s):tablet, film coated
Route(s) Of Administrator:oral
Daily Dose:
  • 20.0 mg/day C09CA08
Chemical Structure:
SMILE Code:
CCCC1=NC(=C(N1CC2=CC=C(C=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3C4=NNN=N4)C(=O)O)C(C)(C)O

Reference

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