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What is Amlodipine?

Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker used for the treatment of hypertension, angina, and for angina due to coronary artery disease in patients without heart failure of an ejection fraction of less than 40%.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 214 48 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 149 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 46 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Raynaud's phenomenon 10 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Angina pain 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
heart/blood pressure 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 414 patients currently taking Amlodipine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 9
Moderate
 7
Mild
 12
None
 63

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

Edema (fluid retention) 3
Swelling in ankle 3
Fatigue 3
Swelling in feet 2
Lightheadedness 2
Irritable and grouchy 1
See all 26 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amlodipine. See all 17 dosages ►

  daily 2.5mg as needed 10 mg weekly 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 51 Number of Patients: 51 169 Number of Patients: 169 2 Number of Patients: 2 185 Number of Patients: 185 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amlodipine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 46   Doctor's advice: 52%
Side effects too severe 20   Side effects too severe: 22%
Did not seem to work 15   Did not seem to work: 17%
Other 11   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 11   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 2%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%

See all 87 patients who’ve stopped taking Amlodipine

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

Currently Taking Amlodipine

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

Stopped Taking Amlodipine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amlodipine

Always
 77 85%
Usually
 8 9%
Sometimes
 2 2%
Never
 4 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amlodipine

Very
 3 3%
Somewhat
 2 2%
A little
 9 10%
Not at all
 77 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amlodipine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 4 8%
< $25
 45 90%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.