Amlodipine
calcium channel blocker · antihypertensive
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
Amlodipine is a medicine in the “calcium channel blocker (antihypertensive)” category. Calcium channel blockers relax the vessel walls, which lowers blood pressure and relieves certain heart pains.
Specifically, for Amlodipine: Treats high blood pressure. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 46 reimbursable presentations containing Amlodipine are recorded. It comes under various trade names and in generic form.
- Amlodipine Almus
- Amlodipine Arrow
- Amlodipine Biogaran
- Amlodipine Cristers
- Amlodipine Eg
- Amlodipine Evolugen Pharma
- Amlodipine Krka D.D
- Amlodipine Sandoz
- Amlodipine Viatris
- Amlodipine Zydus
- and other presentations
Generics and the original brand are equivalent for the active substance; only the appearance, the name or the excipients may differ.
Our product for this treatment
You take Amlodipine. For people who follow this type of treatment every day, we have designed a dedicated product.
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Coenzyme Q10 as ubiquinol, the form the body absorbs.
Ubiquinol 50 mg · Riboflavin 4.2 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Bioavailability of Coenzyme Q10: An Overview of the Absorption Process and Subsequent Metabolism
- Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Statin-Induced Myopathy: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on statin-induced myopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
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Related molecules
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