Amlodipine is used to treat high blood pressure or chest pain (angina). This medication is known as a calcium channel blocker. By blocking calcium, amlodipine relaxes and widens blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems.

Generic Name: Amlodipin,Amlohexal
Brand Name: Norvasc

This medication description is not meant for treatment prescription without the intervention of a specialist

Common Uses:
Amlohexal (Norvasc) is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It works by relaxing (dilating) your blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, and decreasing heart rate, which lowers the workload on the heart. It also dilates coronary arteries increasing blood flow to the heart. Amlodipine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) or chest pain (angina).

 

How to use:
Before taking amlodipine, tell your doctor if you have congestive heart failure or liver disease. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking amlodipine. Alcohol can further lower your blood pressure and may increase some of the side effects of amlodipine.  If you are being treated for high blood pressure, keep using this medication even if you feel fine. You may need to use blood pressure medication for the rest of your life.
Amlohexal is only part of a complete program of treatment that may also include diet, exercise, weight control, and other medications. Follow your diet, medication, and exercise routines very closely. Tell your doctor about all other heart or blood pressure medications you are taking.

 

Warning and Precautions:
You should not take this medication if you are allergic to Amlohexal.
If you have certain conditions, you may need a dose adjustment or special tests to safely use this medication. Before taking amlodipine, tell your doctor if you have:

• congestive heart failure; or
• liver disease.

If you are also taking a beta-blocker drug (such as Blocadren, Corgard, Inderal, Normodyne, Tenormin, Toprol, Trandate, Zebeta, and others) do not suddenly stop using the beta-blocker without first talking to your doctor. You may need to use less and less before you stop the medication completely. Stopping a beta-blocker too quickly can cause serious heart problems that will not be prevented by amlodipine.
FDA pregnancy category C. Amlodipine may be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment. It is not known whether amlodipine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

 

Important safety information:
Avoid getting up too fast from a sitting or lying position, or you may feel dizzy. Get up slowly and steady yourself to prevent a fall. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Amlohexal. Alcohol can further lower your blood pressure and may increase some of the side effects of Amlohexal.

Side Effects:
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

• feeling like you might pass out;
• swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet;
• chest pain;
• slow, fast, or pounding heartbeats;
• easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness;
• numbness, burning, pain, or tingly feeling; or
• jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes).

Less serious amlodipine side effects may include:

• headache;
• drowsiness, depression, nervousness;
• dizziness, spinning sensation;
• warmth or redness under your skin;
• nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite;
• diarrhea, constipation;
• urinating more than usual;
• sleep problems (insomnia);
• strange dreams;
• mild skin rash or itching;
• joint or muscle pain;
• dry mouth, thirst, increased sweating; or
• weight changes.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur.

 

Overdose:
Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have taken too much amlodipine. Overdose symptoms may include warmth or tingly feeling, severe dizziness, and fainting.

Missed Dose:
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to take the medicine and skip the missed dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.

 

Storage conditions:
Amlohexal  should be kept away from heat, direct light, water, moisture at a room temperature (approximately 23 degrees C). The medicine should be kept in a place unreachable for children.

All information given above is a summary. You must visit your doctor, pharmacies or health care provider can provide more information about this medicine. Do not share this medicine with others for whom it was not prescribed. Do not use this medicine for other health conditions. Do not store medication with end term of storage.

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