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What is Amlodipine-benazepril?

Amlodipine-benazepril is a combination product of amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker and benazepril, an an ACE inhibitor, that is used to treatment high blood pressure (hypertension).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 48 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 0
General health 3 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Support heart health 1 0
Raynaud's phenomenon 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 1 0

See all 56 patients currently taking Amlodipine-benazepril

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 2
None
 12

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amlodipine-benazepril

Swelling in feet 1
Swelling in legs 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amlodipine-benazepril. See all 13 dosages ►

  5 mg daily 5 mg-10 mg daily 10 mg daily 2.5 mg-10 mg daily 5 mg-20 mg daily 10 mg-20 mg daily 5 mg-40 mg daily 10 mg-40 mg daily 2 x 5 mg-20 mg daily 30 x 10 mg-40 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 8 Number of Patients: 8 16 Number of Patients: 16 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amlodipine-benazepril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 67%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 25%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Amlodipine-benazepril

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amlodipine-benazepril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0

Stopped Taking Amlodipine-benazepril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amlodipine-benazepril

Always
 16 94%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amlodipine-benazepril

Very
 1 6%
Somewhat
 1 6%
A little
 1 6%
Not at all
 14 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amlodipine-benazepril

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 18%
< $25
 9 82%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.