Description
Amlodipine is an oral antihypertensive medicine that belongs to the class of calcium channel blockers. It works by relaxing the blood vessels to allow easy flow of blood. Amlodipine is used alone or in combination with other medicines to manage high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. Antianginal effects of this medicine controls chest pain (angina). Hypertension is a common disease in which the blood pressure in arteries is so high that your heart has to work more than normal. Continuous high blood pressure will eventually cause serious health problems like heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure.
Primary Uses
Angina and Hypertension
Indications
This medicine is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), myocardial ischemia (decreased blood supply to heart muscle) associated with stable (chest pain triggered by activity), or vasospastic angina (chest pain triggered with vasospasm of coronary artery).
Expert Advice
- Take with or without meals.
- To avoid stomachache, take with meals.
- Take missed dose as soon as you remember and next dose in 24 hours.
- Contact prescriber if there is unrelieved headache, vomiting, weight gain, palpitations, or difficulty in breathing.
- Check blood pressure regularly.
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