Azilsartan Medoxomil: Uses, indications and precautions when using

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High blood pressure is a very common disease today. Medicines to reduce high blood pressure are also very diverse, depending on the condition of each patient, the doctor will prescribe specific drugs. Among the drugs used to reduce high blood pressure, angiotensin receptor blockers are the most commonly used drugs. The following article will refer to one of the representatives of this group, the drug Azilsartan Medoxomil.

1. What disease does Azilsartan Medoxomil treat?

Azilsartan Medoxomil is a medicine that lowers high blood pressure. Controlling blood pressure helps patients prevent stroke, coronary heart disease, and kidney failure. Azilsartan Medoxomil belongs to the group of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), whose main mechanism of action is to dilate blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily.

2. Instructions for using Azilsartan Medoxomil

Patients should read the Instructions for Use carefully before starting treatment with Azilsartan Medoxomil. Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, the usual dose is once a day, either before or after a meal. The dose of Azilsartan Medoxomil depends on the degree of hypertension and the patient's response.
For optimal blood pressure control, patients need to take Azilsartan Medoxomil regularly every day. To prevent missed medication, the patient should take at the same time each day, even if feeling well should continue to take the medicine. Notify your doctor if your blood pressure readings do not improve or tend to increase further.
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3. Azilsartan Medoxomil side effects

Common side effects of Azilsartan Medoxomil include dizziness, diarrhea, or fatigue. If the above symptoms persist or worsen while taking the drug, the patient should inform the doctor as soon as possible.
To reduce the risk of dizziness and lightheadedness, the patient should practice changing positions slowly, especially from lying or sitting to standing. Notify your doctor immediately of any of the following serious side effects:
Muscle spasms; Signs of hyperkalemia (muscle weakness, bradycardia, or irregular heartbeat).

Although Azilsartan Medoxomil can be used to prevent or treat patients with kidney problems, the drug itself can cause serious problems or make kidney disease worse. Therefore, doctors need to check the patient's kidney function while taking the antihypertensive drug azilsartan.
Azilsartan Medoxomil can cause allergies in a very low rate. Patients need to be aware of signs of drug allergy to take timely measures such as rash, itching or swelling of the face/tongue/lips/throat when taking Azilsartan Medoxomil.
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4. Precautions when using Azilsartan Medoxomil

Before treating hypertension with Azilsartan Medoxomil, doctors need to know the patient's drug allergy, food allergy or other allergic pathology. Azilsartan Medoxomil products may contain other inactive ingredients that may cause allergies or other problems. Some medical history should be concerned such as: Disorders of water, electrolytes (dehydration, deficiency or excess of blood electrolytes).
Azilsartan Medoxomil may cause an increase in blood potassium levels. So talk to your doctor before taking potassium supplements or salts containing potassium. Some people need to be careful when using Azilsartan Medoxomil:
Older adults are more sensitive to side effects, including dizziness and kidney problems; Women who are pregnant are not recommended to use this medicine due to the risk of harm to the unborn baby; It is not known whether Azilsartan Medoxomil passes into breast milk, so consult your doctor before giving Azilsartan Medoxomil to a nursing mother.

5. Interactions of Azilsartan Medoxomil

Azilsartan Medoxomil drug interactions can change the way it works or increase your risk of serious side effects. However, patients should not arbitrarily start, stop or change the dose of any shared medicine without the approval of the doctor.
Some products that may interact with Azilsartan Medoxomil include: aliskiren, lithium, drugs that increase blood potassium (such as ACE inhibitors including benazepril/lisinopril, birth control pills containing drospirenone).

Watch out for blood pressure readings when using Azilsartan Medoxomil with certain products with ingredients that increase blood pressure (especially cough and cold products, diet aids, or NSAIDs such as ibuprofen/naproxen). . Along with drug treatment, to well control blood pressure and prevent dangerous complications of high blood pressure, patients need to make lifestyle changes such as exercising regularly and changing their diet. Eating. Kidney function tests and blood potassium levels should be performed periodically to monitor disease progression or check for side effects. Check your blood pressure regularly while taking Azilsartan Medoxomil.
If you miss a dose of Azilsartan Medoxomil, take it as soon as the patient remembers, but if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose. Store Azilsartan Medoxomil in its original packaging, at room temperature, away from light and moisture, do not store in the bathroom, keep it away from children and pets.
In order to ensure safety and monitor the condition of the disease after using the drug, the patient should perform periodic health check-ups or follow-up appointments as prescribed by the doctor. At Vinmec International General Hospital, there are now a full range of tests and clinical examinations to check the patient's health status, monitor the time during and after using Azilsartan Medoxomil of the patient. The entire examination and testing process at Vinmec is carried out by a team of experienced and qualified medical doctors and modern medical facilities, so it can give accurate results, helping doctors advice on the best treatment.

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Reference source: webmd.com