Amlodipine Besylate Tablets

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• Amlodipine Tablets
•  Lodipen
• 10 mg Tablet
• Calcium Channel Blocker 

USES

Take this medicine by mouth with or without food as recommended by your doctor, normally once daily.

The dosage depend on your medical state and effect to treatment. Your doctor may bit by bit increase your dose, so its suggested to follow your doctor's instructions cautiously.

If you want to get the most benefit from the medicine, use this medicine on a regular basis. To help you recollect, take it at the selfsame time each day. It is crucial to proceed with taking this medication even if you feel fit as most people with high blood pressure do not feel such a sensation casually.

If taken for angina, this medicine must be taken on a regular basis, to be effectual. It should not be consume to treat angina when it happens. Use other medicines  to appease an angina attack as recommended by your doctor. Confer with your doctor or pharmacist for further details.

Communicate with your doctor if your health status does not improve or if it declines for instance, your blood pressure readings remain high or the chest pain goes on or worsens).

Side effects

Lightheartedness, dizziness, swelling of ankle joints/feet, or flushing may fall out. If any of these effects continues or worsen, inform your doctor or pharmacist quickly. To let down the danger of dizziness and lightheartedness, get up in a slow manner when you rise from a seated or lying place. Many people taking this medicament do not have grave side effects, but even with least chances you realize any of these side effects like irregular/fast/buffeting heartbeat, fainting etc, immediately inform your doctor about this.

Although this medicine is effectual in preventing chest pain (inflammatory disease), few people who already have strong heart disease may seldom acquire worsening chest pain or a heart attack after starting this medicine or enhancing the dose. Get a medical assistance right away if you experience: symptoms of a heart attack, increased chest pain, (such as jaw/chest/left arm pain, deficiency of breath, abnormal sweating).

A severe sensitized reaction to this drug is uncommon. However, get medical assistance right away if you perceive any indications of an earnest allergic reaction including: rash, itching /swelling (specially of the tongue/face/throat), intense dizziness, troubled breathing.

This is not all the possible side effects of this medication, in case you notice other effects not mentioned here immediately contact your doctor or pharmacist.

Dosage/Overdose

If someone has taken an overdose of the medicine and has earnest symptoms such as passing out, troubled breathing, he or she is recommended to call for an emergency medical help or a poison control center immediately. The symptoms of overdose may include: severe dizziness, fainting etc.

Lifestyle and situation changes, which may aid this medication to work finer include exercising, reduction in stress, stopping smoking and eating a low-fat/ low-cholesterol diet. Ask your doctor for more information.

Lab or surgical tests (such as blood pressure) should be exercised while you are using this medication. Keep all medical and lab appointments. Check your blood pressure on a regular basis while the usage of this medication.

Missed Dose

If you lose a dose of it, take it as soon as you recall. If it is close the time of the next dose, pass over the missed dose. Take your incoming dose at its regular time. Do not repeat the dose in order to catch up the lost one.

Precaution

Before using amlodipine, inform your doctor or chemist if you are allergic to it; or to other dihydropyridine calcium channel medicines (such as nisoldipine, nifedipine) or if you have any other allergies. This product may incorporate inactive ingredients that can origin allergic reactions or some other problems.

Before deciding to use this medication, inform your doctor or pharmacist about your medical history, particularly of a definite structural heart problem (aortic stenosis), liver disease, much low blood pressure.

This drug may make you sick. So do not drive, use machine, or do any other activity that asks attention until you are confident that you can execute such activities safely.

Before having surgery, inform your doctor about all the products you use (including herbal products, prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs).

Aged adults may be more erogenous to the effects of this drug, particularly dizziness.

During the duration of pregnancy, this medicine should be in use only when definitely needed. Talk about the risks and advantages of the medicine with your doctor.

As this drug go through the breast milk, so confer with your doctor, necessarily before breast-feeding.

Interaction

Drug interactions may adapt how your medicines work or enhance the risk for earnest side effects. Our mentioned list does not incorporate all possible drug interactions. Keep a listing of all the products that you make use of including herbal products, prescription/nonprescription drugs and share it with your doctor and chemist. Do not start, stop, or make any change in the dosage of the medicine without your doctor's consent.

Some products have elements, that could increase your blood pressure. So tell your pharmacist what products you are using, and ask how to use them harmlessly (particularly diet aids, cough-and-cold products, or NSAIDs such as buprofeni/naproxen).