Olmedip 5 mg+20 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 6.00 (5 x 10: ৳ 300.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 60.00

Medicine Details

Indications

  • Treatment of hypertension alone or with other antihypertensive agents
  • Lowering blood pressure
  • Initial therapy in patients likely to need multiple antihypertensive agents
  • Individualized blood pressure goals

Pharmacology

  • Dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker
  • Inhibits transmembrane influx of calcium ions into vascular smooth muscle and cardiac muscle
  • Peripheral arterial vasodilator
  • Blocks vasoconstrictor and aldosterone-secreting effects of angiotensin II

Dosage & Administration

  • Initiate with 5/20 mg once daily for 1 to 2 weeks
  • Titrate as needed up to a maximum of 10/40 mg once daily
  • Recommended starting dose of Amlodipine is 2.5 mg in patients 75 years old
  • Not recommended for patients >75 years old

Interaction

  • Antihypertensive effect may be attenuated by NSAIDs including selective COX-2 inhibitors
  • Close monitoring of blood pressure, renal function, and electrolytes

Contraindications

  • Cannot be co-administered with Aliskiren in patients with diabetes

Side Effects

  • Peripheral edema
  • Headache
  • Flushing
  • Dizziness
  • Sprue-like enteropathy

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Pregnancy Category D
  • Not recommended in 2nd and 3rd trimester
  • Potential adverse effects on nursing infant

Precautions & Warnings

  • Caution in volume- or salt-depleted patients
  • Risk of hypotension
  • Risk of vasodilation in patients with severe aortic stenosis
  • Risk of increased frequency, duration, or severity of angina or acute MI in patients with severe obstructive coronary artery disease

Use in Special Populations

  • Safety and effectiveness not established in pediatric patients
  • No overall differences in safety or effectiveness between older and younger subjects
  • No studies in patients with renal impairment
  • Not recommended in hepatically impaired patients

Overdose Effects

  • No information on overdose in humans

Therapeutic Class

  • Combined antihypertensive preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Do not store above 30°C
  • Keep away from light
  • Keep out of the reach of children

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