Suggest Alternative Medication To Azor

Posted on Thu, 6 Aug 2015

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Question : Internal Medicine
what medication could be taken instead of Azor, which is no longer manufactured?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
can be used separately or exforge

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Azor is a combination of amlodipine (a calcium channel blocker) and olmesartan
(in the drug family ARB).

You can use them separately or consider other combinations

Exforge- a combination of valsartan (also in the ARB family of drugs) and amlodipine.

The other ARB are micardis, atacand. These can be found on their own or with diuretics.
The combination of ARB and a diuretic is also good for blood pressure control.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar