Amlodipine STELLA 5 mg

Rx

Indications

• Hypertension.
• Chronic stable angina pectoris.
• Vasospastic (Prinzmetal’s) angina.

Dosage

• Adults:
  For both hypertension (in combination with a thiazide diuretic, alpha blocker, beta blocker, or an ACEI) and angina (monotherapy or in combination with other anti-anginal medicinal products in patients that is refractory to nitrates and/or to adequate doses of beta blockers): Initiate with 5 mg once daily, may be increased to a maximum dose of 10 mg depending on the response.
• Children with hypertension from 6 – 17 years of age:
  The starting dose is 2.5 mg once daily, up-titrated to 5 mg once daily if blood pressure goal is not achieved after 4 weeks.
• Children < 6 years old:
  No data are available.
• Elderly patients:
  Increase of the dosage should take place with care.
• Hepatic impairment:
  Start at the lower end of the dosing range. Titrate slowly and monitor for severe hepatic impairment.
• Renal impairment:
  Normal dosage is recommended.

Usage

• Amlodipine STELLA 5 mg is administered orally.

• Hypersensitivity to any of components of the drug or dihydropyridine derivatives.
• Severe hypotension.
• Shock (including cardiogenic shock).
• Obstruction of the outflow tract of the left ventricle.
• Haemodynamically unstable heart failure after acute myocardial infarction.

Most common

• Headaches, dizziness, somnolence;
• Palpitations;
• Flushing;
• Abdominal pain, nausea;
• Oedema, fatigue.

• Patients with heart failure.
• Patients with impaired hepatic function.
• Pregnancy (only use when there is no safer alternative and when the disease itself carries greater risk). Account the benefit of breast-feeding to the child and therapy to the mother.
• Patients should be aware of how they react to drug before driving or operating machinery.