- Hypertension:
- 1 tab OD.
- Max 10mg/80mg per day
Tablet:
- 5mg/20mg
- 10mg/10mg
- 10mg/20mg
- Taken without regard to meals
- Some advice to take at night
Amlodipine: Calcium channel blocker
Atorvastatin: HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor
- Peripheral oedema
- Diarrhoea
- Nasopharingitis
- UTI
- Dyspepsia
- Pain in extremities
- Dyspepsia
- Fatigue
- Palpitations
- Nausea
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Muscle spasms
- Myalgia
- Dizziness
- Insomnia
- Flushing
- Pharyngolaryngeal pain
- DM
- ALT or AST elevated
- Cognitive impairment
- Eczematous eruptions (chronic use in elderly patients)
- Gynecomastia
- Hypersensitivity to components/class
- Active liver disease
- Unexplained elevated transaminases
- Myopathy
- Cyclosporine
- Dantrolene
- Gemfibrozil
- Isocarboxazid
- Ritonavir
Drug Status
Availability | Prescription only |
Pregnancy | Category C |
Breastfeeding | Contraindicated |
Schedule | Not controlled |
BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caduet | 10mg/10mg | Tablet | 30’s | Pfizer Labs | Pfizer Labs |
Amstat-10 | 10mg/20mg | Tablet | 30’s | Medisel Kenya | Medisel Kenya |
Amstat-5 | 5mg/20mg | Tablet | 30’s | Medisel Kenya | Medisel Kenya |
Monteer | 10mg/10mg | Tablet | 30’s | United Pharma | Generics Africa |