Amlodipine 5mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: myHealthbox

Active ingredient:

amlodipine besilate

Available from:

Wockhardt UK Ltd

ATC code:

C08CA01

INN (International Name):

amlodipine besilate

Dosage:

5mg

Pharmaceutical form:

tablets

Administration route:

oral use

Units in package:

Packs of 28 or 30 tablets.

Prescription type:

POM - Prescription Only Medicine

Manufactured by:

CP Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Therapeutic group:

calcium channel blockers – Dihydropyridine derivatives

Therapeutic indications:

- Essential hypertension - Chronic stable and vasospastic anginal pectoris

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2015-12-14

Patient Information leaflet

READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU 
START TAKING THIS MEDICINE.
-  Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
-  If you have any further questions, ask your 
doctor or pharmacist.
-  This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do 
not pass it on to others. It may harm them, 
even if their symptoms are the same as yours.
-  If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you 
notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, 
please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET: 
1.  What Amlodipine is and what it is used for.
2.  Before you take Amlodipine.
3.  How to take Amlodipine.
4.  Possible side effects.
5.  How to store Amlodipine.
6.  Further information.
1.  WHAT AMLODIPINE IS AND WHAT IT IS 
USED FOR
Amlodipine belongs to a group of medicines 
called calcium antagonists.
Amlodipine is used to treat:
•  high blood pressure 
•  chest pain due to narrowing of the coronary 
arteries of the heart muscle (angina pectoris) 
or the more rare form of chest pain caused by 
cramping of the 
coronary arteries 
of the heart 
muscle 
(vasospastic 
angina).
If you suffer from 
high blood pressure, 
Amlodipine works by relaxing blood vessels, so 
that blood passes through them more easily. 
If you suffer from angina, Amlodipine works by 
improving blood supply to the heart muscle which 
then receives more oxygen and as a result chest 
pain is prevented. Amlodipine does not provide 
immediate relief of chest pain from angina.
2.  BEFORE YOU TAKE AMLODIPINE
DO NOT TAKE AMLODIPINE
•  if you are ALLERGIC to amlodipine or similar 
calcium channel blockers (the so-called 
dihydropyridine derivates) or to any of the 
other ingredients (for a full list of ingredients, 
see section 6) 
•  if you have very LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
•  if you are suffering from INSUFFICIENT BLOOD 
SUPPLY to your tissues with symptoms like e.g. 
low blood pressure, low pulse, fast heartbeat 
(shock, including cardiogenic shock). 
Cardiogenic shoc

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