Olmetec (olmesartan) - Side Effects...and a bit more.

by Alex
(Noosa,Qld, Australia)

This is an angiotensin 2 receptor antagonist (20mg)
I had been on this drug for about two months when I began to notice side effects. They included slight dizziness when standing up from squatting (weeding garden etc.), lapse of concentration (doing cryptic crosswords),memory lapses (buying groceries without list). These were all very minor but annoying nonetheless. The first month there were no side effects at all. But during the second month I did some breathing exercises changing from a mouth breather to a nose breather. This had an immediate effect on my BP which dropped to an average of about 111/55 during the day and my pulse ranged from 79 to 106. I stopped taking the olmetec and the symptoms disappeared.BP went to an average of 136/77 and BP normalised around 77.

I am male 69yrs, weigh 75kg and am 1.78m (5ft 10"). I have no other health problems and I smoke and drink.
Ten years ago I was 95kg and have progressively dropped 10kg this has tended to lower my BP generally but from time to time it was inclined to vary noticeably (labile BP). Until I did the breathing exercises taking the meds never bothered me...I was resigned to being on them for life. That has now changed. I intend to fully discuss this with my doctor of course.

The breathing exercises (change from mouth to nose) were discovered when I began to research Asthma (wife has this) and I discovered the Buteyko Breathing Method. It also works for BP and I recommend everyone to Google it and find out more.

Gem`s Note - You can read more about Buteyko Breathing here...