Amlodipine Pharmacology Podcast

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Real Life Pharmacology Podcast, I discuss amlodipine pharmacology, adverse effects, and important drug interactions.

I break down why edema occurs with amlodipine on this episode of the Real Life Pharmacology podcast.

While beta-blockers are typically the first-line agent for the prevention of chronic angina symptoms, CCBs like amlodipine can be used as an alternative.

There are some potential CYP3A4 interactions with amlodipine. I discuss the severity of these interactions and how to monitor patients.

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0:00.0	Hey, all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. I'm your host, pharmacist, Derek Christensen.
0:05.6	Thank you so much for listening today. As always, go check out real lifepharmacology.com. Simply an email
0:11.8	to subscribe to our emailing list. We'll get you access to a free PDF on the top 200 drugs.
0:19.5	Great little no-brainer to have there.
0:21.7	It's a 31-page PDF.
0:24.2	Also recently released flipping pharmacology flashcards.
0:28.2	I'll leave a link in the show notes.
0:30.1	That's a great way to help financially support this podcast.
0:34.3	And no-brainer for anybody going through pharmacology classes, board exams.
0:39.2	This is stuff that's going to show up on your exams, no doubt.
0:42.3	I've been through those classes.
0:43.5	I know what's going to be tested, and I also have a great appreciation for what's going to
0:49.9	happen in clinical practice too and the things that you're most likely to see most often.
0:55.0	So again, I'll leave the link to that resource in the show notes.
1:00.3	All right.
1:00.7	The drug of the day today is amlodapine.
1:04.0	Brand name of this medication is Norvask.
1:08.4	This medication is classified as a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker.
1:14.8	The primary use that you're going to see this medication used for in practice is blood
1:20.3	pressure management, hypertension management. So keep in mind the difference primarily between dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and non-dihydro-purating calcium channel blockers.
1:34.1	So your non-DHP for abbreviation there, non-DHP calcium channel blockers are verapamil and dilettiasum.
1:46.8	Your dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers like amylotapine here. The big difference is the non-dihydropyridines, verapamil, doxiazum,
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