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Indications and Usage for Benicar. Benicar is indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions.
Benicar -- as well as Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor -- is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) used as a blood pressure medication. The drug company Daiichi Sankyo makes Benicar. There was an April 2011 interim report about this cardiovascular mortality aspect of Benicar's safety profile issued by the FDA: