Amlodipine besylate basically used for hypertension management whether used alone of in combination with other antihypertensive agents. It can be used with benazepril, valsartan, or olmesartan when there is particular therapy and used in fixed combination. Amlodipine besylate or calcium-channel blocking agents are one of the choices you can have for the management of hypertensive with high risk of CAD development, isolated systolic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and angina. Because amlodipine besylate can relax muscle, it is used in the effort of making muscle relaxed. However, amlodipine besylate should not be used for acute hypertensive crises patients because it can give some serious effects.

There are some side effects from amlodipine besylate as this is one of hard drugs that you cannot take easily. If you have any side effects which can be so serious, you will need to get emergency medical help. Some of those effects are difficulty breathing, hives, swelling on the face, tongue, lips, or throat. And those are just the light effect. Some serious effects that will need more serious treatment that you might have from the use of amlodipine besylate are the feeling like you pass out; chest pain; irregular and pounding heartbeats; swelling in hands, feet, ankles; easy bleeding and bruised; feeling of burning, tingle, pain, or numbness; and or jaundice. This drug can make you dizzy so you should not drive or do any activity which requires your focus until you can make sure that you can do the activities safely. And because this drug is pretty serious, you might not drink alcohol beverages

If you want to reduce dizziness, you should move slowly when you are under the effect of this drug. You should understand that your doctor who have prescribed this drug for you, know all your medical history and also your allergy, so that when he/she prescribed this drug, he/she knows that this drug can give you benefits more than it can give you the side effect, particularly serious side effect. So, if the serious side effects, like fainting and irregular and pounding heartbeat, occur, you should call your doctor immediately. These might not all the side effect of this drug, so if you feel another uncomfortable feeling after you consume this drug, you might tell your doctor.

To prevent these side effects, you might need to understand the precautions before you take amlodipine besylate. Well, before you take amlodipine besylate, you should tell your doctor if you have allergic to one or some of calcium channel blocking agents (like nifedipine or nisoldipine) or if you have other allergies because amlodipine besylate contain inactive ingredients which can support allergic reactions. Besides the allergies you might have, you will also need to tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially when you have heart problem, liver disease, or very low blood pressure so that your doctor or pharmacist now what they can give you to level with what your body can up to.

If you will have surgery, you need tell your doctor or dentist all products you ever use from the herbal products, nonprescription and prescription drugs. Besides that precaution, you should also take more precaution when you are older adults. Precaution should be taken also for women in pregnancy. The use of amlodipine besylate should be made when it is clearly needed. The use of this drug may give some risks. It is also not known whether this drug can pass into breast milk. Thus, before pregnant women take it, she should discuss the benefits and the risk with her doctor.

If you are on other drug consuming, you should tell your doctor the dose and what kind of drug you use. You are not allowed to change, start, or stop any medicine without the approval of your doctor. You should not also share this drug to others because the consuming of this drug should be in the regulation. So a doctor should know that one take this drug. Besides the side effect and the precaution that you might need to be aware of, you should also be aware of the activities that help this drug to work better, like exercising, stopping alcohol and smoking, having low-fat diet, and reducing stress.