Amlodipine and olmesartan are two separate anti-hypertensive medications that are combined into the brand name drug Azor. Azor may be prescribed with other medicines or by itself to help control high blood pressure. Olmesartan, one of its components is a type of medicine called an angiotensin II receptor blocker that works to prevent your blood vessels from constricting or tightening. The calcium channel blocker amlodipine raises the level of oxygen to your heart and reduces the work it must do to pump your blood.
Common Serious Side Effects
Taking Azor for your hypertension also can induce serious side effects in your body. The more common of these, according to the Mayo Clinic, are abnormal weight gain, abnormal weight loss, swelling or bloating in the feet, lower part of the legs, hands, arms or face. Others include foot or hand tingling and rapidly gaining weight. Less common are heart conditions such as arrhythmia or an irregular heartbeat, tachycardia or a fast heartbeat or palpitations. Check with a physician immediately for any of them.
Other Serious Side Effects
While they do not occur with regularity among patients who take Azor, there are some severe serious side effects of the drug. These include a coma, seizures, a stupor, mental confusion, irritability, depression and hostility. Seek a doctor's advice immediately for these and for the other serious side effects that include vomiting blood, halitosis, twitching of the muscles, dizziness, skin or eye yellowing, headaches, fever, nausea, appetite loss, diarrhea, agitation, urine discoloration, urination output decreases, itching, feces discoloration, lethargy and spasms in the muscles. You also may experience chills, swelling on the genitals, a rash, abnormal weakness, unusual tiredness and pain in the abdomen, especially the upper right area.
Non-Serious Side Effects
Non-serious and temporary side effects of Azor may include breast swelling in women and men, breast soreness in women and men, sensations of warmth on your body, skin redness, redness of the top area of the chest or on the arms, neck or face, decreases in strength or a loss of strength, abnormal drowsiness, welts, hives, hair thinning or hair loss. Consult a doctor if these side effects do not go away as you acclimate to the medicine. She may have some ideas about how to decrease them or she may want to try a different anti-hypertensive medication.
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