- Background
- Tablets are extended release
- Swallow whole and do not crush or chew
- Take on an empty Stomach or with a light meal
- Start 2.5 to 5 mg orally daily
- Target 5 to 10 mg orally daily
- Maximum 10 mg/day
- See Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
- Peripheral Vasodilation
- Increases myocardial contractility and Cardiac Output
- Pregnancy Category C
- Unknown Safety in Lactation
- Felodipine Levels lowered by strong CYP3A4 Inhibitors (Ketoconazole, Itraconazole, Erythromycin)
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Digoxin levels are increased by Felodipine
- Slow onset of action (2 to 5 hours)
- (2022) Presc Lett, Resource #381108, Comparison of Calcium Channel Blockers
- (2020) Med Lett Drugs Ther 62(1598): 73-80
- Olson (2020) Clinical Pharmacology, Medmaster Miami, p. 70-1
- Hamilton (2020) Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
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