Amlodipine, initially approved by the FDA in 1987, is a popular antihypertensive drug belonging to the group of drugs called dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers. Due to their selectivity for the peripheral blood vessels, dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers are associated with a lower incidence of myocardial depression and cardiac conduction abnorma...
Amlodipine may be used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive and antianginal agents for the treatment of the following conditions :
• Hypertension
• Coronary artery disease
• Chronic stable angina
• Vasospastic angina (Prinzmetal’s or Variant angina)
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Anand Vaidya, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hypertension Research Clinic at UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul-si, Korea, Republic of
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Kingston, Other, Jamaica
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Donggguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
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