Amlodipine Tablets (5mg, 10mg)

Overview

These tablets contain the active substance Amlodipine and are a dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker.

You can buy these tablets online, or from your local pharmacy, to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and can also be used to treat a certain type of chest pain called angina. These tablets should not be used to treat attacks of chest pain when they occur.

At e-Surgery, we can only prescribe Amlodipine tablets for high blood pressure. We will require you to fill out a quick 2-minute health questionnaire to ensure you are receiving the correct medication before you buy these tablets online.

We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use or buy Amlodipine.

Directions

Whenever you buy these tablets online, or from your local pharmacy, swallow the medication whole with a drink of water, before or after food. It is usually taken once daily, taken at the same time each day. Do not take these tablets with grapefruit juice, as this can increase the chance of side effects. This medication is generally prescribed in 5mg tablets, but your doctor may adjust your dosage to as high as 10mg tablets. Taking too many of these tablets can cause you to feel dizzy, lightheaded, weak or faint. Your skin may feel cool or clammy. Seek immediate medical attention if you take too many of these tablets. Always take your medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor or pharmacist. We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use Amlodipine.

Side Effects

Like all medication, when you buy Amlodipine tablets online, or from your local pharmacy, they can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Visit your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following side effects after taking Amlodipine tablets:

• Sudden wheeziness, chest pain, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing
• Swelling of eyelids, face or lips
• Swelling of the tongue and throat which causes great difficulty breathing
• Severe skin reactions including intense skin rash, hives, reddening of the skin over your whole body, severe itching, blistering, peeling and swelling of the skin, inflammation of mucous membranes (Stevens Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis) or other allergic reactions
• Heart attack, abnormal heart beat
• Inflamed pancreas which may cause severe abdominal and back pain accompanied with feeling very unwell

The following are common side effects of Amlodipine tablets. If this causes you problems or lasts for more than one week, you should seek medical assistance.

Common side effects of Amlodipine tablets:

• Oedema (fluid retention)
• Headache, dizziness, sleepiness (especially at the beginning of treatment
• Palpitations (awareness of your heart beat), flushing
• Abdominal pain, feeling sick (nausea)
• Altered bowel habits, diarrhoea, constipation, indigestion
• Tiredness, weakness
• Visual disturbances, double vision
• Muscle cramps
• Ankle swelling
• Low blood pressure

If you are experiencing abnormal liver function from Amlodipine tablets contact a medical professional immediately.

Please ensure you read the patient information leaflet for this medication before you buy Amlodipine tablets online.

We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use or buy Amlodipine.

How it works

When you buy these tablets and commence treatment they work by relaxing blood vessels, so that blood passes through them more easily. In patients with angina, these tablets work by improving blood supply to the heart muscle which then receives more oxygen and as a result chest pain is prevented.

We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use these tablets.

Delivery

e-Surgery uses Royal Mail delivery with choices starting from; Royal Mail 48 tracked delivery, Royal Mail tracked 24 and Royal Mail 1 pm special delivery (discover more about e-Surgery delivery). When you buy Amlodipine tablets online they will arrive in discreet, recyclable packaging at a delivery address of your choice.

Find out to recycle packaging from e-Surgery.

We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use or buy Amlodipine.

Ingredients

The main ingredient is Amlodipine.

The other ingredients are microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate.

Warnings

You should not take these tablets if:

• You are allergic (hypersensitive) to amlodipine tablets or any of the other ingredients (microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate, colloidal anhydrous silica, Magnesium stearate) or to any other calcium antagonists. Amlodipine tablet allergy may cause itching, reddening of the skin or difficulty breathing.
• You have severe low blood pressure (hypotension).
• You have narrowing of the aortic heart valve (aortic stenosis) or cardiogenic shock (a condition where your heart is unable to supply enough blood to the body).
• You suffer from heart failure after a heart attack.

 
You should consult your pharmacist or prescriber before taking these Tablets if you have had:

• Recent heart attack
• Heart failure
• Severe increase in blood pressure (Hypertensive crisis)
• Liver disease
• You are elderly and your dose needs to be increased

 
If you’re unsure if you should buy these tablets, use our free Ask a Pharmacist service and well do our best to answer any questions you have about the medication.
 
We advise that you consult with either your prescriber or GP before you use or buy Amlodipine.