ATC codes:
                  C08CA01
              
    Indication
  
        Essential hypertension 
        
          ICD11 code: 
          
            BA00.Z
          
        
      
INN
  Amlodipine
Medicine type
  Chemical agent
List type
  Core
Formulations
  Oral > Solid: 
                  
            5 mg (as maleate, mesylate or besylate)           
                
Sex
  All
Age
  Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
  Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
  Therapeutic alternatives are medicines in the 4th level ATC chemical subgroup: C08CA Dihydropyridine derivatives
Patent information
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Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
  Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended that medicines in 4th level ATC chemical subgroup, C08CA Dihydropyridine derivatives, be specified as therapeutic alternatives under the square box listing for amlodipine on the EML.