May be taken with or without food: Take w/o food or w/ a light meal. Swallow whole, do not chew/divide. Avoid grapefruit juice.
Contraindications
Stroke w/in the last 6 mth, CV shock, valvular heart disease (higher-grade aortic or moral stenosis), hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, unstable angina pectoris, acute MI w/in the last 8 wk, 2nd- & 3rd-degree AV block, CHF, severe hepatic & renal impairment. Pregnancy. Childn.
C08CA02 - felodipine ; Belongs to the class of dihydropyridine derivative selective calcium-channel blockers with mainly vascular effects. Used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.