Amocard 5 mg 30 tablets:

• Amlodipine contains the active ingredient amlodipine, which belongs to a group of medicines called calcium blockers.
• Please note that the doctor may have prescribed the medicine for a different use 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 blood passes more easily through them.
• In patients with angina, amlodipine works by improving blood flow to the heart muscle, which therefore receives more oxygen to prevent chest pain.
• The medication does not provide immediate relief from chest pain caused by angina.

Instructions for use:

• Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
• Contact your 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 a day.
• 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.

Warnings and precautions:

• If you are allergic to amlodipine, any of the other ingredients of this medication, or other calcium blockers.
• This can cause itching, skin redness, or breathing difficulties.
• If you suffer from very low blood pressure (hypotension).
• If you have narrowing between the heart and a main artery (aortic stenosis) or cardiogenic shock (a condition in which the heart is unable to supply the body with sufficient blood).
• If you suffer from heart failure after a severe heart attack.
• Consult a doctor or pharmacist before using amlodipine.
• If you have had a recent heart attack.
• If you are having a heart attack.
• If you suffer from severe high blood pressure (hypertensive crisis).
• If you suffer from liver disease.

the components:

• 2.5 mg is amlodipine (Besylate).
• 5 mg is amlodipine (Besylate).
• 10 mg is amlodipine (Besylate).