Adverse Effects
Adverse side effects of the use of amlodipine may be:
- Very often: peripheral edema in 8.3% of users, fatigue in 4.5% of users
- Often: dizziness; palpitations; muscle-, stomach- or headache; dyspepsia; nausea - in 1 in 100 users
- Sometimes: blood disorders, development of breasts in men (gynecomastia), impotence, depression, insomnia, tachycardia, gingival enlargement - in 1 in 1,000 users,
- Rarely: erratic behavior, hepatitis, jaundice - in 1 in 10,000 users
- Very rarely: hyperglycemia, tremor, Stevens–Johnson syndrome - in 1 in 100,000 users
The acute oral toxicity (LD50) of amlodipine in mice is 37 mg/kg.
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