Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of the calcium channel antagonist amlodipine ... if office diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was still ...

Amlodipine is a commonly prescribed calcium channel blocker medication used to treat high blood pressure as well as certain types of angina (chest pain) and coronary artery disease. It is ...

Both drugs reduced office heart rate after 12 weeks ... Self-measured SBP and DBP were more reduced by amlodipine than by candesartan cilexetil after 12 weeks of treatment. The mean difference ...

Blood-pressure lowering was similar using either drug. Nissen et al. concluded that adding amlodipine significantly reduced the rate of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in these normotensive CAD ...