VASCODIPINE 5MG TABLET

Product Description:

• Amlodipine contains the active ingredient amlodipine, which belongs to a group of medicines called calcium blockers.
• Please note that your doctor may have prescribed the medicine for different uses and/or in a different dose than stated in the package insert.
• Always follow your doctor's prescription as stated on the pharmacy label.
• Amlodipine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) or a special type of chest pain called angina, including a rare form called Prinzmetal or variant angina.
• In patients with high blood pressure, the drug works by widening blood vessels, so that blood can pass through them more easily.
• In patients with angina, amlodipine works by improving blood flow to the heart muscle, which then receives more oxygen to prevent chest pain.
• The medicine does not provide immediate relief from chest pain caused by angina.

Directions for use:

• Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
• Contact a doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• The recommended starting dose is 5 mg of amlodipine once daily.
• The dose may be increased to 10 mg of amlodipine once daily.
• The medicine can be taken before or after eating and drinking.
• This medication should be taken at the same time each day with a glass of water.
• Do not take amlodipine with grapefruit juice.
• Use of amlodipine in children and adolescents.

For children and adolescents (6-17 years):

• The usual recommended starting dose is 2.5 mg daily.
• The maximum recommended dose is 5 mg daily.
• It is important to take the tablets without interruption.
• Don't wait to see your doctor until you run out of pills.

If you take too much amlodipine:

• Call a doctor, hospital, or poison control center.
• If you take too much medicine or if a child takes the medicine by accident.
• For other questions about the medicine, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
• Taking too many pills can cause your blood pressure to drop, even dangerously low.
• You may feel dizzy, lightheaded, faint, or weak.
• If the drop in blood pressure is severe enough, shock may occur.
• Your skin may feel cold and clammy and you may lose consciousness.
• See your doctor right away if you take too many amlodipine tablets.

If you forget to take amlodipine:

• Don't worry.
• If you forget to take a tablet, you can leave it out altogether.
• Take the next dose at the appropriate time.
• You should not take a double dose to replace a forgotten tablet.

If you stop treatment with amlodipine:

• Your doctor will tell you how long to take this medicine.
• Your condition may return if you stop taking the medicine before it is recommended.
• Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions on the use of this medicine.

Warnings and Precautions:

• If you are allergic to amlodipine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine, or to other calcium blockers.
• This can cause itching, redness of the skin, or difficulty breathing.
• If you have very low blood pressure (hypotension).
• If you have a narrowing between your heart and a main artery (aortic stenosis) or cardiogenic shock (a condition in which your heart is unable to supply enough blood to your body).
• If you have heart failure after a severe heart attack.
• Consult your doctor or pharmacist before using amlodipine.

You should tell your doctor if you have or have had any of the following conditions:

• Recent heart attack.
• heart failure.
• A sharp rise in blood pressure (hypertensive crisis).
• Liver disease.
• If you are older and it is necessary to increase the dose.