Amlodipine Besylate Treatment Report
What is Amlodipine Besylate?
Amlodipine is a type of medication called a calcium channel blocker, which works by slowing the flow of calcium ions into smooth muscle cells. It is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure and chest pain (angina); comes as a tablet taken by mouth once a day.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 16 |
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3 | |||
| Other | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Raynaud's Syndrome | 2 | 0 | |||||
| high blood pressure during steroid therapy | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- jfsnaz
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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- jfsnaz
- 20 mg daily
- since Jul 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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- bbrown5123
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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- bbrown5123
- 5 mg daily
- since Mar 29, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
None
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- katbro
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- katbro
- 10 mg daily
- since Feb 03, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips TAKE IT ALWAYS AS PRESCRIBED. DO NOT SKIP A SINGLE DOSE, WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, EVEN WHEN IT RETURNS TO A BETTER NUMBER, THAT MEANS THE MEDS ARE ... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.