Felodipine

Felodipine is used to treat high blood pressure. It relaxes your blood vessels so your heart does not have to pump as hard.

Felodipine comes as an extended release tablet to take by mouth. It is usually taken once a day. Do not crush, chew, or divide felodipine tablets. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take felodipine exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Felodipine controls high blood pressure but does not cure it. Continue to take felodipine even if you feel well. Do not stop taking felodipine without talking to your doctor.

<p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Felodipine may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:

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headache</li>
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flushing (feeling of warmth)</li>
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dizziness or lightheadedness</li>
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weakness</li>
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fast heartbeat</li>
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heartburn</li>
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constipation</li>
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enlargement of gum tissue around teeth</li></ul></p> <p></p> <p>If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:

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swelling of the face, eyes, lips, tongue, arms, or legs</li>
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difficulty breathing or swallowing</li>
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fainting</li>
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rash</li></ul>If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at <a href='http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch'>http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch</a>] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].</p>

Before taking felodipine, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to felodipine or any other drugs. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, especially antiseizure medicines such as carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenytoin (Dilantin), and phenobarbital; cimetidine (Tagamet); erythromycin (E.E.S., E-Mycin, others); itraconazole (Sporanox); ketoconazole (Nizoral); ranitidine (Zantac); and vitamins. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart, liver, or kidney disease. if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell your doctor or dentist that you take felodipine.

In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.