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What is Olmesartan?

Olmesartan is an antihypertensive drug. It is used for the treatment of hypertension with or without concurrent use of other antihypertensive agents.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 48 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 14 2 Efficacy_major
Hypertension 6 3 Efficacy_major
General health 4 0
Kidney disease 2 0
Marshall Protocol 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2
Moderate
4
Mild
0
None
16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Olmesartan

Dizziness 2
Heart palpitations 2
Low blood pressure 1
Sweating 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Olmesartan. See all 12 dosages

  daily 1 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 160 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 35 Number of Patients: 35 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Olmesartan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 40%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 27%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 20%
Other 3   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 7%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 7%
Expense 1   Expense: 7%

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Currently Taking Olmesartan

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Stopped Taking Olmesartan

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Olmesartan

Always
17 77%
Usually
2 9%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
3 14%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Olmesartan

Very
1 5%
Somewhat
1 5%
A little
2 9%
Not at all
18 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Olmesartan

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 6%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
7 39%
< $25
10 56%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.