Product description:
- Amlodipine contains the active ingredient amlodipine, which belongs to a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers.
- Please note that the doctor may have prescribed the medicine for different uses and/or at a different dosage than that stated in the package leaflet.
- Always follow your doctor's prescription as stated on the pharmacy label.
- Amlodipine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) or a particular type of chest pain called angina, including a rare form called Prinzmetal's or variant angina.
- In patients with high blood pressure, the drug works by widening the blood vessels, so that blood passes more easily through them.
- In patients with angina, amlodipine works by improving blood flow to the heart muscle, which consequently receives more oxygen to prevent chest pain.
- The medication does not provide immediate relief from chest pain caused by angina.
Usage guidelines:
- Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
- Contact a doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.
- The recommended starting dose is 5 mg of amlodipine once daily.
- The dose can be increased to 10 mg of amlodipine once a day.
- The medicine can be taken before or after eating and drinking.
- This medicine should be taken at the same time every day with a glass of water.
- Do not take amlodipine with grapefruit juice.
- Use of amlodipine in children and adolescents.
For children and teenagers (6-17 years old):
- The usual recommended starting dose is 2.5 mg daily.
- The maximum recommended dose is 5 mg per day.
- It is important to take the tablets without interruption.
- Don't wait to see your doctor until you run out of pills.
If you are taking too much amlodipine:
- Contact a doctor, hospital, or get information about poisons.
- If you take too much medication or if the child takes the medication by accident.
- For other questions about the medication, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
- Taking too many pills can lead to low blood pressure, even dangerously low blood pressure.
- You may feel dizzy, lightheaded, weak, or faint.
- If the drop in blood pressure is severe enough, shock may occur.
- You may feel your skin is cold and wet, and you may lose consciousness.
- See a doctor immediately if you take too many amlodipine tablets.
If you forget to take amlodipine:
- Don't worry.
- If you forget to take a tablet, you can leave it completely.
- Take the next dose at the appropriate time.
- You should not take a double dose to replace a forgotten tablet.
If you stop taking amlodipine:
- Your doctor will tell you how long to take this medicine.
- Your condition may return if you stop taking the medication before you are advised to do so.
- Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about using this medicine.
Warnings and precautions:
- If you are allergic to amlodipine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine, or to other calcium channel blockers.
- This can cause itching, skin redness, or breathing difficulties.
- If you are suffering from severely low blood pressure (hypotension).
- If you have a narrowing between the heart and the main artery (aortic stenosis) or cardiogenic shock (a condition in which the heart is unable to supply the body with enough blood).
- If you are suffering from heart failure after an acute heart attack.
- Consult your doctor or pharmacist before using amlodipine.
You should inform your doctor if you have or have had any of the following conditions:
- A recent heart attack.
- heart failure.
- A sudden rise in blood pressure (hypertensive crisis).
- Liver disease.
- If you are older and it is necessary to increase the dose.
the components:
Amlodipine is available in 3 different strengths and from different companies:
- 2.5mg is amlodipine (besylate).
- 5 mg is amlodipine (besylate).
- 10 mg is amlodipine (besylate).
