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Amlodipine. Amlodipine, sold under the brand name Norvasc among others, is a calcium channel blocker medication used to treat high blood pressure, coronary artery disease (CAD) [ 10] and variant angina (also called Prinzmetal angina or coronary artery vasospasm, among other names). [ 11] It is taken orally (swallowed by mouth).
Lisinopril/amlodipine, sold under the brand name Lisonorm among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure. [ 1] It is a combination of lisinopril an ACE inhibitor with amlodipine a calcium channel blocker. [ 1] It may be used when blood pressure is not well controlled with each of the two agents alone. [ 4]
Amlodipine/benazepril, sold under the brand name Lotrel among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used to treat high blood pressure. [1] It is a combination of amlodipine , as the besilate, a calcium channel blocker , and benazepril , an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor . [ 1 ]
Calcium channel blockers ( CCB ), calcium channel antagonists or calcium antagonists[ 2] are a group of medications that disrupt the movement of calcium ( Ca2+. ) through calcium channels. [ 3] Calcium channel blockers are used as antihypertensive drugs, i.e., as medications to decrease blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
Calcium channel blocker toxicity. Calcium channel blocker toxicity is the taking of too much of the medications known as calcium channel blockers (CCBs), either by accident or on purpose. [3] This often causes a slow heart rate and low blood pressure. [1] This can progress to the heart stopping altogether. [2]
Amlodipine/olmesartan, sold under the brand name Azor, among others is a fixed-dose combination medication used to treat high blood pressure. [5] It contains amlodipine , as the besilate, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker , and olmesartan medoxomil , an angiotensin II receptor blocker .
Telmisartan works by blocking the effects of angiotensin II while amlodipine works by decreasing calcium ion entry into smooth muscle and heart muscle. [2] The combination was approved for medical use in the United States in 2009. [2] The combination is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.
Levamlodipine ( INN ), also known as levoamlodipine or S-amlodipine is a pharmacologically active enantiomer of amlodipine. [ 1] Amlodipine belongs to the dihydropyridine group of calcium channel blocker used as an antihypertensive and antianginal agent. [ 2] It was approved by the U.S. FDA in December 2019 and is currently marketed under the ...