What are some possible side effects of BENICAR and BENICAR HCT?
The most common side effect with BENICAR is dizziness. In clinical studies, dizziness occurred in more than 1% of patients treated with BENICAR and more frequently than placebo (3% with BENICAR and 1% with placebo). A placebo is an inactive, nondrug substance, such as a sugar pill, that is given in a drug study to compare the effect of a treatment including the drug being studied with the effect of the same treatment without the drug. In clinical trials, side effects that occurred in more than 2% of patients treated with BENICAR HCT and more frequently than placebo (“sugar pill”) were nausea (3% with BENICAR HCT and 0% with placebo), higher levels of uric acid in the blood (4% with BENICAR HCT and 2% with placebo), dizziness (9% with BENICAR HCT and 2% with placebo), and upper respiratory tract infection (7% with BENICAR HCT and 0% with placebo). In these studies, treatment with BENICAR or BENICAR HCT was well tolerated and the incidence of adverse events was similar to placebo. Call y
