AMLODIPINE/VALSARTAN NOVARTIS is used to control high blood pressure, also called
hypertension.
Everybody has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around your body.
Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how
busy or worried you are. You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood
pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed.
High blood pressure increases the workload of the heart and blood vessels. If it continues
for a long time, it can damage the blood vessels in the brain, heart and kidneys.
This can lead to stroke, heart failure or kidney failure. High blood pressure increases
the risk of heart attacks. Lowering your blood pressure reduces the chance of these
disorders happening.
AMLODIPINE/VALSARTAN NOVARTIS contains valsartan and amlodipine besylate. These medicines
reduce blood pressure in two different ways.
1. Valsartan blocks the effect of angiotensin II, which is a substance in the body that
tightens blood vessels and makes your blood pressure rise. When the effect of angiotensin
II is blocked, your blood vessels relax and your blood pressure goes down.
2. Amlodipine besylate blocks the movement of calcium into the cells of the heart and
blood vessels. As a result, they relax blood vessels and increase the supply of blood
and oxygen to the heart while reducing its workload.
AMLODIPINE/VALSARTAN NOVARTIS is used to treat high blood pressure in patients whose
blood pressure is not controlled enough with either amlodipine or valsartan on its
own.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another purpose.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of AMLODIPINE/VALSARTAN NOVARTIS
in children.
This medicine is only available with a doctor's prescription. It is not addictive.
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