Felodipine
Felodipine is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), and the supplied products are all extended-release tablets taken by mouth.
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The clinical label records used on this page are FDA-filed Structured Product Labeling (SPL) retrieved through openFDA. We identified 33 clinical label sets within the page’s selected clinical scope after exact ingredient or ingredient-combination matching and applicable route/form matching. Forms, routes, brands, labelers, strengths, and NDC product-record counts are built separately from matching FDA National Drug Code Directory records. The linked DailyMed document is a representative official source for verification, not the page’s only clinical source. View the linked label on DailyMed →
Felodipine (Plendil) is a calcium channel blocker that relaxes and widens blood vessels to lower high blood pressure, cutting the risk of stroke and heart attack; a less often prescribed cousin of amlodipine, it has been around since about 1991 and is available as a generic. Most people tolerate it well, and what they notice most is ankle swelling, flushing and headache, with swelling more likely at higher doses and in older adults. Avoid grapefruit juice and flag medicines such as some antifungals and antibiotics, which raise its levels and can drop your pressure too far, and report fainting, chest pain or worsening swelling promptly.
Clinical pearls
- Swallow the extended-release tablet whole and never crush or chew it, because that defeats its slow, all-day release.
- Take it without food or with a light meal, since heavy, high-fat meals raise how much drug reaches your blood.
- If you take phenytoin, carbamazepine or phenobarbital, felodipine may work much less well, so a different blood pressure medicine may suit better.
- Felodipine can cause mild gum overgrowth, so brush and floss well and mention any gum swelling to your dentist.
Patient information guide A plain-language walkthrough of Felodipine, written from its FDA label.
What Felodipine is used for
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Felodipine is used for one main condition.
- High blood pressure (hypertension): felodipine extended-release tablets lower blood pressure to reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
- It may be used alone or together with other blood pressure medicines.
How Felodipine works
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Felodipine belongs to the dihydropyridine class of calcium channel blockers. It blocks calcium from entering the muscle cells in the walls of blood vessels. The vessels relax and widen, so there is less resistance to blood flow and blood pressure falls.
It acts mostly on blood vessels rather than the heart muscle. Heart rate may rise slightly in response.
Felodipine dosage
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Felodipine extended-release tablets are taken by mouth once a day. Your prescriber usually adjusts the dose gradually, no more often than every couple of weeks.
- Take it without food or with a light meal.
- Swallow it whole. Do not crush or chew it.
- Avoid grapefruit juice.
Follow your prescriber's directions and the label on your bottle.
Dosing details from the FDA-approved label
From the Felodipine prescribing information (“Dosage and Administration”). Doses are set by your prescriber for your product, condition, kidney function and age — never change a dose on your own.
- Hypertension (general adult dosing)
- Recommended starting dose is 5 mg once a day
- Depending on response, the dosage can be decreased to 2.5 mg or increased to 10 mg once a day
- Adjustments should generally occur at intervals of not less than 2 weeks
- Recommended dosage range is 2.5 to 10 mg once daily
- Maximum: Doses above 10 mg daily showed an increased blood pressure response but a large increase in the rate of peripheral edema and other vasodilatory adverse events
- Take without food or with a light meal; swallow whole, do not crush or chew
- Patients with renal impairment
- Modification of the recommended dosage is usually not required
- Geriatric patients (over 65 years)
- Dose selection should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range (2.5 mg daily)
- Likely to develop higher plasma concentrations; blood pressure should be closely monitored during any dosage adjustment
- Patients with impaired liver function
- May respond to lower doses of felodipine
- May have elevated plasma concentrations; monitor blood pressure closely during dosage adjustment
Read the label’s full dosing text
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION The recommended starting dose is 5 mg once a day. Depending on the patient's response, the dosage can be decreased to 2.5 mg or increased to 10 mg once a day. These adjustments should occur generally at intervals of not less than 2 weeks. The recommended dosage range is 2.5 to 10 mg once daily. In clinical trials, doses above 10 mg daily showed an increased blood pressure response but a large increase in the rate of peripheral edema and other vasodilatory adverse events (see ADVERSE REACTIONS ). Modification of the recommended dosage is usually not required in patients with renal impairment. Felodipine extended-release tablets, USP should regularly be taken either without food or with a light meal (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism ). Felodipine extended-release tablets, USP should be swallowed whole and not crushed or chewed. Geriatric Use Patients over 65 years of age are likely to develop higher plasma concentrations of felodipine (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ). In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range (2.5 mg daily). Elderly patients should have their blood pressure closely monitored during any dosage adjustment. Patients with Impaired Liver Function Patients with impaired liver function may have elevated plasma concentrations of felodipine and may respond to lower doses of felodipine extended-release tablets, USP; therefore, patients should have their blood pressure monitored closely during dosage adjustment of felodipine extended-release tablets, USP (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ).
Read the full Dosage and Administration section on DailyMed →
Felodipine side effects
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Most side effects are mild and relate to blood vessel widening.
Common side effects
- Swelling in the legs, ankles or feet (peripheral edema)
- Headache
- Flushing (warmth and redness of the face)
- Dizziness
- Weakness or tiredness (asthenia)
- Palpitations (awareness of your heartbeat)
- Nausea
When to get medical help
- Call your doctor if swelling in your legs or feet is bothersome or getting worse. It is dose-related and more likely in older adults.
- Get medical help right away for chest pain, fainting, or a very fast or irregular heartbeat.
- Seek urgent care for swelling of the face, lips or tongue, or a widespread rash or hives. These can be signs of an allergic reaction.
- Call your doctor if you notice gum swelling or overgrowth.
- Get emergency help if you take too much and feel extremely dizzy, faint, or have a very slow heartbeat.
Call your doctor about chest pain, fainting, allergic reactions such as facial swelling or hives, or gum overgrowth.
Felodipine warnings and precautions
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- Leg and foot swelling is the most common reason people stop felodipine. It is related to dose and age.
- Grapefruit juice and some medicines can raise felodipine levels and push blood pressure too low.
- Older adults and people with liver disease have higher drug levels and need closer blood pressure monitoring.
- Mild gum overgrowth can occur. Good dental care may help.
Felodipine interactions
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Some drugs and foods change how much felodipine is in your blood.
- Grapefruit juice: more than doubles felodipine levels.
- Itraconazole, ketoconazole, erythromycin, cimetidine: slow its breakdown and raise levels.
- Phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital: greatly lower felodipine levels, so another blood pressure drug may be needed.
- Tacrolimus: felodipine may raise its blood level.
Interactions listed in the FDA-approved label
From the Felodipine prescribing information (“Drug Interactions”): what the manufacturer studied or reported to the FDA.
- CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin, grapefruit juice, cimetidine): May lead to several-fold increases in felodipine plasma levels, which may lead to increased effects (lower blood pressure and increased heart rate). Caution should be used when co-administered; a conservative approach to dosing felodipine should be taken.
- Itraconazole: Co-administration of another extended release formulation of felodipine with itraconazole resulted in approximately 8-fold increase in the AUC, more than 6-fold increase in the Cmax, and 2-fold prolongation in the half-life of felodipine.
- Erythromycin: Resulted in approximately 2.5-fold increase in the AUC and Cmax, and about 2-fold prolongation in the half-life of felodipine.
- Grapefruit juice: Resulted in more than 2-fold increase in the AUC and Cmax of felodipine, but no prolongation in the half-life.
- Cimetidine: Resulted in an increase of approximately 50% in the AUC and the Cmax of felodipine.
- Beta-blocking agents (metoprolol): No significant effects on the pharmacokinetics of felodipine; metoprolol AUC and Cmax were increased approximately 31 and 38%, respectively. In controlled clinical trials beta-blockers including metoprolol were well tolerated with felodipine.
- Digoxin: Pharmacokinetics of digoxin in patients with heart failure were not significantly altered.
- Anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital): Felodipine maximum plasma concentrations were considerably lower in epileptic patients on long-term anticonvulsant therapy, and mean AUC was reduced to approximately 6% of that in healthy volunteers. Since a clinically significant interaction may be anticipated, alternative antihypertensive therapy should be considered.
- Tacrolimus: Felodipine may increase the blood concentration of tacrolimus. Tacrolimus blood concentration should be followed and the tacrolimus dose may need to be adjusted.
- Indomethacin or spironolactone: No clinically significant interactions in healthy subjects.
Read the label’s full interactions text
Drug Interactions CYP3A4 Inhibitors Felodipine is metabolized by CYP3A4. Co-administration of CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin, grapefruit juice, cimetidine) with felodipine may lead to several-fold increases in the plasma levels of felodipine, either due to an increase in bioavailability or due to a decrease in metabolism. These increases in concentration may lead to increased effects, (lower blood pressure and increased heart rate). These effects have been observed with co-administration of itraconazole (a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor). Caution should be used when CYP3A4 inhibitors are co-administered with felodipine. A conservative approach to dosing felodipine should be taken. The following specific interactions have been reported: Itraconazole Co-administration of another extended release formulation of felodipine with itraconazole resulted in approximately 8-fold increase in the AUC, more than 6-fold increase in the C max , and 2-fold prolongation in the half-life of felodipine. Erythromycin Co-administration of felodipine with erythromycin resulted in approximately 2.5-fold increase in the AUC and C max , and about 2-fold prolongation in the half-life of felodipine. Grapefruit Juice Co-administration of felodipine with grapefruit juice resulted in more than 2-fold increase in the AUC and C max , but no prolongation in the half-life of felodipine. Cimetidine Co-administration of felodipine with cimetidine (a non-specific CYP-450 inhibitor) resulted in an increase of approximately 50% in the AUC and the C max , of felodipine. Beta-Blocking Agents A pharmacokinetic study of felodipine in conjunction with metoprolol demonstrated no significant effects on the pharmacokinetics of felodipine. The AUC and C max of metoprolol, however, were increased approximately 31 and 38%, respectively. In controlled clinical trials, however, beta-blockers including metoprolol were concurrently administered with felodipine and were well tolerated.
Excerpted — the section continues on the label. Read the full Drug Interactions section on DailyMed →
Not a complete list. The label covers the interactions the manufacturer studied or reported, and our own interaction database does not cover every medicine either. Bring your full medication list, including vitamins and herbal products, to your pharmacist.
Before taking Felodipine
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- Do not use it if you are allergic to felodipine.
- Older adults usually start at the low end of the dose range.
- If you have liver problems, you may respond to lower doses and need closer monitoring.
- Dose changes are usually not needed for kidney impairment.
- Share a full list of your medicines with your pharmacist.
Felodipine overdose
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Too much felodipine can cause very low blood pressure from widened blood vessels, and possibly a slow heartbeat. Treatment is symptom-based, such as lying down with the legs raised and receiving fluids in a hospital. Call a poison control center or seek emergency care right away.
What Felodipine does in the body
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Felodipine lowers blood pressure mainly by reducing resistance in the blood vessels. Heart rate may rise modestly in response. Its effects on blood vessels are stronger than on heart muscle. Blood pressure response follows the level of drug in the blood.
How your body processes Felodipine
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Felodipine is almost completely absorbed, but the liver breaks down much of it first, so only about 20% reaches the bloodstream. The extended-release tablet reaches peak levels in about 2.5 to 5 hours. It is broken down by the CYP3A4 enzyme into inactive products that leave mainly in the urine. Older adults clear it more slowly, as do people with liver disease.
How to store Felodipine
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Store at 20 o -25 o C (68 o -77 o F); excursions permitted to 15 o -30 o C (59 o -86 o F) . Protect from light.
Written from the FDA-approved label with AI and reviewed by our pharmacy team. How we use AI →
Supplements & herbs that interact with Felodipine
232 supplements and herbal products have documented interactions with Felodipine in the licensed clinical database we use. Most are manageable — but your pharmacist should know about everything you take, including vitamins and herbals.
- Major · 8
- Moderate · 182
- Minor · 42
Educational information from a licensed clinical database (Natural Medicines) — see our data sources & update cadence. Not medical advice: an interaction being documented does not mean it will happen to you; do not start or stop medications or supplements without professional guidance.
Nutrient depletion considerations
Felodipine has been associated with lower levels of 2 nutrients in the clinical literature. This does not mean a deficiency will occur — it means these may be worth discussing with your pharmacist or healthcare provider, especially with long-term use.
Educational information from a licensed clinical database (Natural Medicines) — not medical advice. Do not start or stop medications or supplements without professional guidance.
Felodipine: pharmacist answers to common questions
Quick, plain-English answers to the questions patients ask most about Felodipine — the kind of thing our pharmacy team would talk through with you at the counter.
What is felodipine for?
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What side effects should I expect?
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Do other medicines affect it?
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Why does my gum feel swollen?
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Is Felodipine available over the counter?
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When was Felodipine first available?
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Who makes Felodipine?
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Answers drafted from the FDA-approved label with AI and reviewed by our pharmacy team. How we use AI →
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Felodipine forms and strengths (how it comes)
Felodipine is available in 2 forms. Different forms and brands can have different approved uses, doses, schedules, and directions. Follow the instructions for your exact product, and do not switch forms without guidance from your prescriber or pharmacist.
Extended-release tablet
How this form is used
- Felodipine extended-release tablets are used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).
- Felodipine extended-release tablets may be used with other blood pressure medicines.
- Felodipine extended-release tablets are taken by mouth once a day.
- Felodipine extended-release tablets should be taken without food or with a light meal.
- Felodipine extended-release tablets should be swallowed whole, not crushed or chewed.
Tablet
Felodipine on the U.S. market: products, makers and brands
How Felodipine appears in the FDA’s National Drug Code Directory — including its dosage forms, strengths, brand names, manufacturers, and FDA-listed product records. These are directory records, not sales or prescription volume.
14 companies list 53 Felodipine product records with the FDA, mostly as extended-release tablet, tablet; the earliest marketing or approval year on record is 1991. Brand names on the directory include Plendil; the rest are generics.
FDA-listed product records by dose form (tablet variants merged) — FDA National Drug Code Directory. Record counts are not sales or prescription volume.
Also listed with the FDA, not a patient dose form: Powder (5) — bulk drug substance sold to compounders/manufacturers and multi-item kits. These aren’t counted in the dose-form total above.
Share of FDA-listed product records by manufacturer — FDA National Drug Code Directory. Record counts are not sales or prescription volume.
How widely Felodipine is used (Medicaid data)
A general measure of how commonly Felodipine is prescribed, based on Medicaid — one of the largest public drug programs. The figure below is prescriptions filled in Q1–Q4 2025, summed across every form and brand of the drug.
Think of this as a proxy for how widely Felodipine is used, drawn from freely available public data. Medicaid is just one program — these numbers don’t include Medicare, other government coverage, or commercial and cash-pay prescriptions, so real-world use is higher than what’s shown here.
How commonly is Felodipine prescribed? Of the 1,601 medications we measure, Felodipine ranks #927 by Medicaid prescriptions — more than 42% of them.
Utilization by Felodipine product
Pick a product to see its own Medicaid numbers. Each chip is one clinical product — a specific strength & dosage form as defined by RxNorm — with brand-name and generic versions combined.
24 HR felodipine 10 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet Most dispensed
Summed across the 6 of 64 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 402695
24 HR felodipine 5 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet
Summed across the 6 of 60 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 402696
24 HR felodipine 2.5 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet
Summed across the 4 of 59 listed NDC products with Medicaid activity — every brand and generic of this exact strength & form. RxNorm 402698
Shares are of the Medicaid prescriptions shown here. Product grouping follows RxNorm (the National Library of Medicine’s drug terminology), so “one product” means one strength & dosage form regardless of manufacturer. Dollar figures are gross Medicaid reimbursement before mandatory rebates — rebates (often large, especially for brand-name drugs) are confidential, so actual net cost to Medicaid is lower than shown.
Source: Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data (CMS), aggregated by generic ingredient — summed across every NDC (all brands, strengths, salt forms and dosage forms) of Felodipine, and across all states and both fee-for-service and managed-care claims. A general popularity signal; it excludes Medicare, commercial insurance and cash prescriptions, so it is not total U.S. use. Based on the 16 of 183 listed Felodipine NDCs with Medicaid activity.
Compare Felodipine products
A representative set of FDA-listed product records for Felodipine — across manufacturers, strengths, and dosage forms, grouped by form with each product’s manufacturer and how the FDA approved it. The same medicine may be made and packaged by different companies, so a single drug can have many directory entries. (It’s also why a refill can look different — a new shape, color, or box — even though it contains the same medication.)
| Strength | Route | Manufacturer / Labeler | Category ⓘ | Details |
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| 💊Extended-release tablet | ||||
| 10 mg | Oral | A-S Medication Solutions × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Aurobindo Pharma Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 4 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Chartwell RX, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Chartwell RX, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Chartwell RX, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Endo USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Endo USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Endo USA, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Yiling Pharmaceutical Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Yiling Pharmaceutical Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Yiling Pharmaceutical Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 💊Tablet | ||||
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 3 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Bryant Ranch Prepack × 2 listings | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Carlsbad Technology, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 2.5 mg | Oral | Proficient Rx LP | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 5 mg | Oral | Proficient Rx LP | ANDA | View NDC → |
| 10 mg | Oral | Proficient Rx LP | ANDA | View NDC → |
Showing 53 of 53 products — FDA National Drug Code Directory. See every product, package size and price: browse all 53 Felodipine NDCs →
Felodipine side effects reported to the FDA (FAERS)
After a medicine reaches the market, patients, doctors and drugmakers can send the FDA reports of problems they think may be linked to it. Here’s what’s been reported for Felodipine — a signal of what to watch for, not proof the drug caused it.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). These are voluntary reports — they don’t prove the drug caused the effect, and counts reflect how often something was reported, not how often it actually happens. Reports also often name the very problem the medicine is taken for — a common reason to file one is that the drug didn’t help — so for a pain reliever you may see “pain” high on the list; that points to why the report was filed, not to the drug causing the symptom. This counts every report that lists Felodipine in any role, so the total runs higher than the FDA’s official dashboard, which counts only cases where the drug is the suspect. For the authoritative figures, see the FDA FAERS Public Dashboard. Always talk to your pharmacist or doctor.
Felodipine FDA approval history
How Felodipine went from FDA review to the pharmacy shelf — the key milestones in its regulatory journey.
Source: Drugs@FDA.
Felodipine recall history
A recall is when a specific batch of a medicine is pulled from the market — usually a manufacturing issue, not a problem with the drug itself. Class I is most serious, Class III least.
The FDA’s enforcement reports list no Felodipine recalls since July 2021.
✅No Felodipine recalls on record since July 2021Source: FDA enforcement (recall) reports, via openFDA; our copy was last updated Sep 24, 2026.
RxNorm Concept Web — From Ingredient to Every Form and Strength
This page starts with one ingredient concept (IN). The branches below show its dose-form concepts (SCDF), then the available clinical drug and strength concepts (SCD). Combination products remain separate concepts with their own pages.
RxCUI 4316 1 dose form · 3 strengths
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Dose form (SCDF) Extended Release Oral Tablet RxCUI 439558In current FDA listingsClinical drug / strength (SCD) 24 HR felodipine 10 MGRxCUI 40269524 HR felodipine 2.5 MGRxCUI 40269824 HR felodipine 5 MGRxCUI 402696
Look up RxCUI 4316 in the RxCUI Atlas →
RxNorm is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s normalized drug vocabulary. Its concept hierarchy can include forms that are not currently marketed; the status on each branch compares that concept with current FDA listings. RxCUIs identify vocabulary concepts, not individual packages or manufacturers.
Felodipine supply and shortage status
Whether Felodipine is in short supply in the U.S. right now, plus any shortage history the FDA has on record. A shortage usually reflects a manufacturing or demand issue — not a safety problem with the drug.
Source: openFDA, from the FDA Drug Shortages database.
💵 What Felodipine costs pharmacies (NADAC benchmark)
The national average invoice price pharmacies pay for the drug itself, from CMS's NADAC survey (data as of Sep 30, 2026). This is a supply-cost benchmark — not a retail price and not what you'd pay at the counter.
| Form | Strength | Pharmacy acquisition benchmark | |
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| Tablet, Extended Release · Oral | 5 mg | $0.123 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Extended Release · Oral | 2.5 mg | $0.127 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Extended Release · Oral | 10 mg | $0.135–$0.136 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Film Coated · Oral | 2.5 mg | $0.127 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release · Oral | 10 mg | $0.135 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release · Oral | 5 mg | $0.123 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
| Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release · Oral | 2.5 mg | $0.127 per tablet | NDC details & price history |
Source: CMS National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC), a survey of retail pharmacy invoice prices. Benchmarks shown are the range across package sizes of a representative product for each form and strength — other manufacturers' products may differ.
Felodipine brand names
Felodipine is sold under one brand name in the FDA directory — Plendil. A brand and its generic contain the same active ingredient; the brand name belongs to one company's product.
Who makes Felodipine: manufacturers and labelers
14 companies list Felodipine products with the FDA. By number of product records, the largest are Bryant Ranch Prepack, A-S Medication Solutions, Aurobindo Pharma Limited. Labelers include manufacturers and repackagers; the product in your bottle depends on which one your pharmacy stocks.
Felodipine drug class (RxNorm)
Felodipine belongs to the Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker class.
Classified by RxNorm RxClass — the U.S. National Library of Medicine's standardized drug-classification service (Established Pharmacologic Class from the FDA, the ATC drug family from the WHO, and mechanism of action). Reference only, not medical advice.
Sources for this Felodipine page
Core label, product, RxNorm, safety, and utilization data on this page come from the sources identified below. AI-written, editorial, and licensed sections are labeled separately.
How this page is built
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