The drug "Amlodipine" refers to drugs that have an antihypertensive effect (reducing blood pressure).
Therapeutic effect of the drug "Amlodipine"
The use of the drug as a pressure-reducing agent becomes possible because it is capable of relaxing the vascular smooth muscle.
Medication "Amlodipine": indications for use and varieties
The drug is produced in the form of tablets, in which is from 2.5 to 10 milligrams of active substance.
Medication "Amlodipine": indications for use
The drug is prescribed for arterial therapy.hypertension in the form of monotherapy, and in combination with other means. The drug is used for angina and vasospastic, bronchial asthma, ischemic heart disease, chronic heart failure.
Instructions of the drug "Amlodipine"
Indications for use include dailya single use of 5 mg of the drug for complicated ischemia or angina pectoris hypertension. With arterial hypertension, occurring without complications, the dosage is halved. If necessary, the amount of medication can be increased to 10 mg. However, this dose is the maximum. During the implementation of complex therapy, these dosages must be adjusted. The same rules apply to patients with renal dysfunction and elderly patients.
Medication "Amlodipine": side effects
Использование лекарства может вызвать негативные manifestations of the gastrointestinal tract: abnormal stool, nausea, increased appetite, pancreatitis, increased bilirubin, pain in the epigastric region, gastritis, flatulence, dry mouth. The nervous system reacts differently to the medicine.
The drug "Amlodipine": indications and contraindications
Do not use the medicine when feedingbreast, arterial hypotension, lipid metabolism disorders, during pregnancy, with collapse, cardiogenic shock, individual rejection. Be wary appoint the drug to the elderly and children to adulthood. It is known that the use of medication can cause ringing in the ears, bleeding from the nose, increased sweating, fever, blurred vision.