Amlodipine is a commonly prescribed calcium channel blocker medication used to treat high blood pressure as well as certain types of angina (chest pain) and coronary artery disease. It is ...
Add-on therapy: may be used if not controlled on monotherapy; if dose-limiting adverse reactions with amlodipine 10mg, switch to 40/5mg tab. Replacement therapy: may be substituted for the ...
After 4 weeks of active treatment, if sitting SBP (sSBP) still was above 150mm Hg, the dose had to be doubled ... were assigned to received amlodipine (n = 97) or hydrochlorothiazide (n = 100).
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of the calcium channel antagonist amlodipine besylate versus the angiotensin II type 1 receptor ...