Azor (medication)

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Azor is the brand name of an oral antihypertensive medication which combines two antihypertensive agents in a film-coated tablet. It contains amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, and olmesartan, an angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist (ARB or A2A). The patent is held by Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals. It is promoted in the U.S. by both Daiichi Sankyo and Forest Pharmaceuticals.

Azor is available in different dose preparations: 5mg/20mg, 10mg/20mg,5mg/40mg and 10/40mg's of amlodipine and olmesartan respectively.

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