✅ Generic Name:
Amlodipine Besylate Tablet 5 mg
✅ Prescription Status:
Prescription-only medicine (Rx) – Requires supervision by a healthcare provider.
📄 Description:
Amlodipine 5 mg is a long-acting dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used for treating high blood pressure and angina (chest pain). It acts by relaxing blood vessels, reducing resistance, and improving blood flow, thereby lowering blood pressure and easing the heart’s workload.
Each tablet contains 5 mg of Amlodipine, usually as Amlodipine Besylate.
🌿 Nature / Class:
- Pharmacologic class: Calcium Channel Blocker (Dihydropyridine type)
- Therapeutic class: Antihypertensive, Antianginal
- Mechanism of action: Inhibits L-type calcium channels in vascular smooth muscle, resulting in vasodilation and reduced peripheral resistance.
🎯 Purpose / Indications:
- Hypertension (high blood pressure) – to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, and kidney problems
- Chronic stable angina – to reduce chest pain frequency and improve exercise tolerance
- Vasospastic angina (Prinzmetal’s angina)
- Sometimes used off-label in Raynaud’s phenomenon, coronary artery disease, and migraine prevention
✅ Advantages:
- Once-daily oral dose with 24-hour effect
- Suitable for long-term management
- Safe and effective in elderly and pediatric patients (6 years and older)
- Can be used alone or with other antihypertensives (e.g., ARBs, ACE inhibitors, diuretics)
- Minimal impact on heart rate, unlike beta blockers
📦 Common Packaging:
- Tablets available in blister strips or HDPE bottles
- Common packaging sizes:
- 10 tablets per strip
- Bottles of 30, 50, or 100 tablets
- Tablets are often white to off-white, round or oval
❄️ Storage Conditions:
- Store at 15°C to 25°C (59°F to 77°F)
- Keep in a cool, dry place, away from light and moisture
- Store in original packaging and keep out of reach of children
👨⚕️ Patient Advice / Precautions:
- Take once daily, with or without food
- Take at the same time each day
- Do not stop abruptly without consulting your doctor
- Inform your doctor if you experience:
- Swelling in legs/ankles,
- Dizziness or lightheadedness,
- Palpitations,
- Fatigue
- Use with caution in patients with liver disease
- Safe for diabetics and asthma patients
- Avoid grapefruit juice – it can increase blood levels of amlodipine
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding