Amlodipine Pharmacology Podcast
Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist
4.9 • 773 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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