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Is benicar and generic benicar same ingredients? benicar only one no dry mouth and olmesartan affordable. lorsartan giving me bad dry mouth

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See below : Benicar is the brand name and olmesartan is the generic name or version of Benicar. In general generic versions contain the same ingredients, are equally effective, and have the same potential side effects as the Brand names but generics are noticeably less costly in most instances.

Answered 2/5/2018

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