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amlodipine

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amlodipine /am·lo·di·pine/ (am-lo´dĭ-pēn″) a calcium channel blocking agent used as the besylate salt in the treatment of hypertension and chronic stable and vasospastic angina.
amlodipine
[amlō′dipēn]
a calcium channel blocker administered orally in the form of the besylate salt in the treatment of hypertension and chronic stable and vasospastic angina.


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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a fixed dose combination of two antihypertensives, the calcium channel blocker (CCB) amlodipine besylate (currently marketed by Pfizer as Norvasc) and the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) olmesartan medoxomil, or Benicar.
(11) Calcium channel Verapamil (Calan), diltiazem Prevents calcium blockers (Cardizem), amlodipine from entering heart (Norvasc) and nifedipine and vascular (Adalat) muscles.
His current medications included glipizide (Glucotrol XL *) for control of diabetes mellitus, clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix ([dagger])) to reduce platelet-induced thrombosis, simvastatin (Zocor ([double dagger])) to improve his plasma lipid profile, and amlodipine besylate (Norvasc *) for treatment of hypertension.
 
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