FELODIPINE

(fe LOE di peen) Brand: Plendil

What is the most significant information I must know about felodipine?

• You must not use felodipine if you are allergic to it.

• Till taking felodipine, speak your doctor if you have liver malady or congestive heart failure.

• Much drugs can interact with felodipine. Speak your doctor about all another medications you use.

• Your blood pressure will need to be checked often and you may need another blood trials at your doctor's office. Visit your doctor regularly.

• Hold using this medication as directed, even if you feel well. Tall blood pressure often has no symptoms. You may need to use blood pressure medicine for the rest of your life.

• Brush and floss your teeth regularly while taking this medicine. Felodipine can reason mild swelling of your gums, which may be avoided with good dental hygiene.

What is felodipine?

• Felodipine is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It works by relaxing the muscles of your heart and blood vessels.

• Felodipine is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure).

• Felodipine may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking felodipine?

• You must not use felodipine if you are allergic to it.

• If you have any of these another conditions, you may need a doze adjustment or particular tests:

· liver malady; or

· congestive heart failure.

• FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether felodipine will harm an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication..

• It is not known whether felodipine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How must I take felodipine?

• Take exactly as predesigned by your doctor. Do not take in larger or less amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label.

• Your doctor may occasionally change your doze to create certain you get the excellent results.

• You create felodipine without food or a easy meal, but take it the same way every time.

• Do not crush, chew, or interrupt an extended-release tablet. Swallow it intact. Breaking the pill may reason too many of the drug to be released at one time.

• Call your doctor if you have ongoing vomiting or diarrhea, or if you are sweating more than normal. These conditions can lead to severely low blood pressure.

• Your blood pressure will need to be checked often and you may need another blood trials at your doctor's office. Visit your doctor regularly.

• Hold using this medication as directed, even if you feel well. Tall blood pressure often has no symptoms. You may need to use blood pressure medicine for the rest of your life.

• Brush and floss your teeth regularly while taking this medicine. Felodipine can reason mild swelling of your gums, which may be avoided with good dental hygiene.

• Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. Skip the missed doze if it is nearly time for your following scheduled doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.

• Overdose symptoms may include severe dizziness, slow heart course, redness or tingling in your arms and legs, and feeling like you might pass out.

What must I avoid while taking felodipine?

• Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with felodipine and lead to potentially dangerous effects. Discuss the use of grapefruit commodity with your doctor. Do not magnify or decrease the amount of grapefruit commodity in your diet without first talking to your doctor.

• Avoid getting up too quick from a sitting or lying position, or you may feel dizzy. Get up slowly and steady yourself to prevent a fall.

• Drinking alcohol can lower your blood pressure further and may magnify determined side effects of felodipine.

What are the possible side effects of felodipine?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

· feeling like you might pass out;

· feeling short of breath, swelling in your hands or feet;

· quick or pounding heartbeats;

· numbness or tingly feeling; or

· chest pain or hard feeling, pain spreading to the hand or shoulder, nausea, sweating, common ill feeling.

• Smaller serious side effects may include:

· headache, dizziness, drowsiness, weakness;

· feeling restless or nervous;

· nausea, upset stomach, constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain;

· sleep problems (insomnia);

· joint pain or muscle cramps;

· warmth, redness, or tingly feeling under your skin;

· mild rash;

· urinating more than normal; or

· cool symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect felodipine?

• Speak your doctor about all another medicines you use, especially:

· cimetidine (Tagamet);

· conivaptan (Vaprisol);

· imatinib (Gleevec);

· isoniazid (for treating tuberculosis);

· tacrolimus (Prograf);

· an antibiotic such as clarithromycin (Biaxin), dalfopristin/quinupristin (Synercid), erythromycin (E.E.S., EryPed, Ery-Tab, Erythrocin), or telithromycin (Ketek);

· antifungal medicine such as clotrimazole (Mycelex Troche), itraconazole (Sporanox), ketoconazole (Nizoral), or voriconazole (Vfend);

· an antidepressant such as nefazodone;

· a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin, Tenoretic), carvedilol (Coreg), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), nadolol (Corgard), propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran), sotalol (Betapace), timolol (Blocadren), and others;

· HIV/AIDS medication such as atazanavir (Reyataz), delavirdine (Rescriptor), fosamprenavir (Lexiva), indinavir (Crixivan), nelfinavir (Viracept), saquinavir (Invirase), or ritonavir (Norvir);

· another heart or blood pressure medications such as diltiazem (Cartia, Cardizem), nifedipine (Nifedical, Procardia), verapamil (Calan, Covera, Isoptin, Verelan), and others; or

· seizure medicine such as carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Tegretol), phenobarbital (Solfoton), or phenytoin (Dilantin).

• This list is not complete and another drugs may interact with felodipine. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about felodipine.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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