Compare Mavik vs. Benicar
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Lowers blood pressure.
Benicar (olmesartan) is a good blood pressure-lowering medicine that protects your kidneys, but with fewer side effects.
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3.9/ 5 average rating with 118 reviewsforBenicar
Upsides
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- A first-choice blood pressure treatment for many people.
- Lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke.
- Similar to ACE inhibitors (like lisinopril), with fewer side effects like cough and swelling.
- Protects kidney function, which is especially useful for people with diabetes or mild-to-moderate kidney disease.
- Available by itself and in combination with different blood pressure medicines in a single pill.
Downsides
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- Requires regular blood tests to see how the medicine is affecting your body.
- Not safe to use if you're pregnant.
- Recently became a generic, though still relatively expensive.
Used for
- Congestive heart failure hypertension impaired left ventricular function - myocardial infarction with complication
- Acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction cardiovascular event risk; prophylaxis diabetic nephropathy kidney disease
- Non-diabetic
Dosage forms
- Pill
- Pill
Price
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Reviews
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118 reviews so far
65%
saidit'sworth it
63%
saiditworked well
12%
saidit'sa big hassle
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Leave a reviewSide effects
The Mavik (Trandolapril) FDA package insert doesn’t have numbers about how common side effects are.
Risks and risk factors
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- Birth defects
- Women of childbearing age
- Worsening kidney problems
- History of kidney problems
- Swelling in the face and head
- African descent
- High potassium levels
- Current kidney problems
- Using medicines that increase potassium
- Using salt substitutes
- Low blood pressure
- Taking with alcohol
- Taking other medicines that lower your blood pressure
- Severe diarrhea