Amlodipine STELLA 10 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 angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor) and angina (monotherapy or in combination with other anti-anginal medicinal products in patients with angina that is refractory to nitrates and/or to adequate doses of beta blockers), the initial dose is 5 mg amlodipine once daily which may be increased to a maximum dose of 10 mg depending on the individual patient’s response.
• Children with hypertension from 6 – 17 years of age: The starting dose is 2.5 mg once daily (using other suitable preparation), up-titrated to 5 mg once daily if blood pressure goal is not achieved after 4 weeks.
• Elderly: Increase of the dosage should take place with care.
• Hepatic impairment: Start at the lower end of the dosing range. Amlodipine should be titrated slowly and monitor closely in patients with severe hepatic impairment.
• Renal impairment: Normal dosage is recommended.

Usage

• 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.