Amlodipine is a prescription medication for treating high blood pressure in adults and children ages 6 years and older. It’s also prescribed to treat coronary artery disease and angina in adults. The ...

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – A widely prescribed drug for treating hypertension or blood pressure called amlodipine is not dangerous for patients, new research that included a scientist has shown, despite ...

The NHS has a cautionary note on its website to anyone taking amlodipine, ramipril or lisinopril for blood pressure. In the ...

Patients treated with a single pill combining 2 drugs -- one for treating hypertension and the other for treating dyslipidemia -- are more likely to reach their blood pressure and low-density ...

A federal court jury in the Eastern District of Virginia ruled unanimously that Pfizer did not infringe Synthon IP’s US patent covering a process for making amlodipine, the active ingredient in the ...

A regularly prescribed hypertension drug thought to possibly increase the risk of heart failure, may not be as dangerous after all, according to a study published Oct. 12 in the academic journal ...

Both drugs reduced office heart rate after 12 weeks of treatment. This should be regarded as a desirable goal of hypertensive therapy [22] because no obvious sympathetic reflex activation seems to ...

Atomic level analysis has revealed how two classes of calcium channel blockers, widely prescribed for heart disease patients, produce separate therapeutic effects by acting at different sites on the ...

A federal court in the Western District of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) has upheld Pfizer’s patent covering the active ingredient in its blockbuster hypertension drug Norvasc. The patent had been ...

A generic drug company has recalled three commonly prescribed blood pressure medications over concerns they could include small amounts of a cancer-causing impurity. The recalled drugs all include the ...

Patients who experience dose-limiting adverse effects of amlodipine, valsartan, or hydrochlorothiazide while receiving any dual combination of these drugs may be switched to a lower dosage of that ...

Doctors say patients with high blood pressure should pay attention to and be ready to act on the trickle of drug recalls involving a commonly prescribed type of blood pressure medication – but warned ...