- Adults
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Hypertension
- Start 20 mg orally daily
- Maximum 40 mg/day
- Children (age 6 to 16 years)
-
Hypertension
- Weight 20 to 35 kg (and age >=6 years old)
- Start 10 mg orally daily
- Maximum 20 mg orally daily
- Weight >=35 kg (and age 6 to 16 years old)
- Use adult dosing (see above)
- Weight 20 to 35 kg (and age >=6 years old)
- Combinations
- Amlodipine and Olmesartan (Azor)
- Hydrochlorothiazide and olemesartan (Benicar HCT)
- See Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
- Sprue-like Enteropathy
- Appears specific to Olmesartan (not ARB class effect)
- Presents with progressive, severe Chronic Diarrhea, weight loss and sprue-like intestinal changes
- May be a delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction (typically months to years after starting Olmesartan)
- Rubio-Tapia (2012) Mayo Clin Proc 87(8):732-8 [PubMed]
- See Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
- Pregnancy Category X
- Unknown Safety in Lactation
- (2018) Presc Lett, Resource #340901, Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) Antihypertensive Dose Comparison
- (2020) Med Lett Drugs Ther 62(1598): 73-80
- Olson (2020) Clinical Pharmacology, Medmaster Miami, p. 66-7
- Hamilton (2020) Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia