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Buy Norvasc
If you are buying Norvasc for the first time, start with a small amount to make sure that drug works for you and then order more later.
If you have been taking this medicine for a while and will continue to take it regularly, buy as much Norvasc as you can at once.
Our online drug store offer discounted prices when you buy Norvasc in large quantities. Plus, you won't have to worry about refills for a while.
Norvasc
Norvasc contains the active ingredient amlodipine, which is a type of medicine called a calcium channel blocker. Calcium channel blockers act on the heart and blood vessels.
Amlodipine works by slowing the movement of calcium through the muscle cells that are found in the walls of blood vessels. It does this by blocking 'calcium channels' in these muscle cells. Calcium is needed by muscle cells in order for them to contract, so by depriving them of calcium, amlodipine causes the muscle cells to relax.
Amlodipine acts specifically on the muscle cells in the walls of arteries, causing them to relax. This allows the arteries in the body to widen, an effect that has two main uses.
The relaxing and widening of the small arteries in the body decreases the resistance that the heart has to push against in order to pump the blood around the body. This reduces the pressure within the blood vessels. Norvasc can therefore be used to treat high blood pressure.
The widening effect on the small arteries and the arteries in the heart also improves the blood and therefore oxygen supply to the heart. This feature means amlodipine can be used to treat angina. The chest pain of angina is caused by insufficient oxygen supply to the heart. As amlodipine improves this oxygen supply, and also reduces the effort the heart has to make to pump blood, it can be taken regularly to prevent angina attacks.
Dosage
High Blood Pressure: Norvasc comes as a 5 mg tablet to take it orally. It is usually taken once a day.
The most you should take in a day is 10 mg.
If your doctor is adding Norvasc to other high blood pressure medications,
the dose is 2.5 mg a day. The lower 2.5 mg starting dose also applies if you have liver disease.
In children (6-17 Years), the recommended dose is 2.5-5 mg once a day.
Angina: The usual initial dose is 5 to 10 mg once daily. If you have liver disease, the lower 5-mg dose will be used at the start.
Norvasc may cause an upset stomach.
Take Norvasc with food or milk.
Talk to your doctor before using salt substitutes containing potassium.
If your doctor prescribes a low-salt or low-sodium diet, follow these directions carefully.
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