|
Drug |
Initial
Dose |
Maximum
daily dose |
Comments |
|
Nifedipine1 (Adalat®)
|
10mg
tid
|
120mg
|
10mg
tid-qid regular
= 30mg
daily XL
= 20mg
BID PA |
|
Nicardipine (Cardene®) |
20mg tid |
120mg |
|
|
Felodipine2
(Plendil®) |
2.5-5mg
OD |
10mg |
|
|
Amlodipine1,2 (Norvasc®) |
2.5mg OD |
10mg |
|
1 formulary drug
2 Therapeutic Interchange Program converts felodipine to amlodipine in a 1:1
ratio.