FELODIPINE 2.5 mg Tablet, Extended Release, 100-count
🆔 Identity & classification
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🏷️ RxNorm drug class
This medicine belongs to the Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker class.
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- Felodipine is prescribed to lower high blood pressure (hypertension). Keeping your blood pressure under control with this medicine helps reduce your risk of serious events like str...
- Mostly yes, but two things matter. First, avoid grapefruit juice entirely — it can more than double the amount of felodipine in your blood, which raises your risk of side effects....
- Can I eat or drink normally when I take this tablet?
- Swallow it whole, every time. Felodipine is an extended-release tablet, which means it's designed to release the medicine slowly over the day. Crushing or chewing it would release...
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A synthetic yellow dye used to color medicines. It helps make tablets, capsules, and liquids visually distinct so patients can easily identify their medication.
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Ferric oxide yellow is a naturally occurring iron compound used as a colorant in medications. It gives tablets, capsules, and other forms a yellow or golden hue for identification and appearance.
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Hydroxypropyl cellulose is a plant-derived thickening agent made from cellulose. It acts as a binder to hold tablet ingredients together and as a film-former to coat tablets or control how fast the medicine releases.
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Hypromellose 2208 is a plant-derived thickening agent used as a binder and film-coating material in tablets and capsules. It helps hold ingredients together and creates a protective coating that controls how quickly the medicine dissolves.
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Hypromellose 2910 is a plant-derived thickening agent made from cellulose. It serves as a binder that holds tablet ingredients together, a film-coating for pills, and a viscosity controller in liquids.
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Lactose monohydrate is a natural sugar derived from milk. It serves as a filler and binder in tablets and capsules, helping create the proper size, texture, and consistency of the medicine.
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A fine powder made from magnesium, aluminum, and silicon compounds. It absorbs moisture and helps keep medicine ingredients from clumping or separating, so the product stays stable and flows smoothly during manufacturing.
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Polyethylene glycol 400 is a clear, thick liquid made from petroleum-derived polymers. It acts as a solvent and humectant in medicines, helping dissolve active ingredients and retain moisture in the formulation.
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A synthetic oily substance made from castor oil. It works as a solubilizer and emulsifier to help mix oily and water-based ingredients together in the medicine.
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Sodium stearyl fumarate is a synthetic compound made from stearyl alcohol and fumaric acid. It acts as a lubricant and glidant in tablets and capsules, helping ingredients flow smoothly during manufacturing and preventing sticking.
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Titanium dioxide is a bright white mineral powder commonly used as a colorant and opacifying agent. It makes pills and tablets white or lighter in color and helps make coatings non-transparent.
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💲 Pricing
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| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | $0.121 | $12.05 / 100 tablets |
| Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo | $0.3744 | $37.44 / 100 tablets |
| Medicare drug plans payPart D · Q2 2026 | $0.3632 | $36.32 / 100 tablets |
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🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
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| Felodipine 2.5 mg 00603-3581-21 | Endo | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 13668-0132-01 | Torrent | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mgthis 23155-0048-01 | Heritage | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 57237-0108-01 | Rising | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 62135-0646-90 | Chartwell | 90 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 68462-0233-01 | Glenmark | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 69367-0264-01 | Westminster | 100 tablets | $0.120 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 61442-0431-01 | Carlsbad | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 63629-2017-01 | Bryant | 500 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 63629-2193-01 | Bryant | 100 tablets | — | AB | Discontinued | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 63629-2194-01 | Bryant | 500 tablets | — | AB | Discontinued | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 65862-0673-01 | Aurobindo | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 69117-0028-01 | Yiling | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 71205-0920-00 | Proficient | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 72162-1158-01 | Bryant | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 72162-1742-05 | Bryant | 500 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Felodipine 2.5 mg 72162-2568-01 | Bryant | 100 tablets | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
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⏳ Availability & generic status
This product is an FDA-approved generic. Other versions of the same drug are listed under Therapeutic equivalents, least expensive first.
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📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product
| Package NDC | Description | Per unit | Per pack | Marketing start | Status |
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| 23155-0048-01 You're viewing this | 100 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (23155-048-01) | $0.1205 / ea | $12.05 | 2013-11-08 | Active |
| 23155-0048-05 | 100 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (23155-048-05) | — | — | 2013-11-08 | Active |
In Medicaid, this is the most-dispensed pack of this product — about 100% of fills over the last four reported quarters. See all packs ↓
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📄 Full prescribing information FDA SPL
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
INDICATIONS AND USAGE Felodipine extended-release tablets, USP are indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure lowers the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. These benefits have been seen in controlled trials of antihypertensive drugs from a wide variety of pharmacologic classes including felodipine.
Control of high blood pressure should be part of comprehensive cardiovascular risk management, including, as appropriate, lipid control, diabetes management, antithrombotic therapy, smoking cessation, exercise, and limited sodium intake. Many patients will require more than 1 drug to achieve blood pressure goals. For specific advice on goals and management, see published guidelines, such as those of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program's Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC).
Numerous antihypertensive drugs, from a variety of pharmacologic classes and with different mechanisms of action, have been shown in randomized controlled trials to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and it can be concluded that it is blood pressure reduction, and not some other pharmacologic property of the drugs, that is largely responsible for those benefits. The largest and most consistent cardiovascular outcome benefit has been a reduction in the risk of stroke, but reductions in myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality also have been seen regularly.
Elevated systolic or diastolic pressure causes increased cardiovascular risk, and the absolute risk increase per mmHg is greater at higher blood pressures, so that even modest reductions of severe hypertension can provide substantial benefit. Relative risk reduction from blood pressure reduction is similar across populations with varying absolute risk, so the absolute benefit is greater in patients who are at higher risk independent of their hypertension (for example, patients with diabetes or hyperlipidemia), and such patients would be expected to benefit from more aggressive treatment to a lower blood pressure goal.
Some antihypertensive drugs have smaller blood pressure effects (as monotherapy) in black patients, and many antihypertensive drugs have additional approved indications and effects (eg, on angina, heart failure, or diabetic kidney disease). These considerations may guide selection of therapy. Felodipine extended-release tablets, USP may be administered with other antihypertensive agents.
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
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 2.5-10 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 should regularly be taken either without food or with a light meal (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism ). Felodipine extended-release tablets 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; therefore, patients should have their blood pressure monitored closely during dosage adjustment of felodipine extended-release tablets (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ).
⛔ Contraindications ▾
CONTRAINDICATIONS Felodipine extended-release tablets are contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to this product.
🤒 Adverse Reactions ▾
ADVERSE REACTIONS In controlled studies in the United States and overseas, approximately 3000 patients were treated with felodipine as either the extended-release or the immediate-release formulation. The most common clinical adverse events reported with felodipine extended-release administered as monotherapy at the recommended dosage range of 2.5 mg to 10 mg once a day were peripheral edema and headache. Peripheral edema was generally mild, but it was age and dose related and resulted in discontinuation of therapy in about 3% of the enrolled patients.
Discontinuation of therapy due to any clinical adverse event occurred in about 6% of the patients receiving felodipine extended-release tablets, principally for peripheral edema, headache, or flushing. Adverse events that occurred with an incidence of 1.5% or greater at any of the recommended doses of 2.5 mg to 10 mg once a day (felodipine extended-release tablets, N = 861; Placebo, N = 334), without regard to causality, are compared to placebo and are listed by dose in the table below. These events are reported from controlled clinical trials with patients who were randomized to a fixed dose of felodipine extended-release tablets or titrated from an initial dose of 2.5 mg or 5 mg once a day.
A dose of 20 mg once a day has been evaluated in some clinical studies. Although the antihypertensive effect of felodipine extended-release tablets is increased at 20 mg once a day, there is a disproportionate increase in adverse events, especially those associated with vasodilatory effects (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ). Percent of Patients with Adverse Events in Controlled Trials* of Felodipine Extended-Release Tablets (N = 861) as Monotherapy without Regard to Causality (Incidence of discontinuations shown in parentheses) Body System Adverse Events Placebo N=334 2.5 mg N=255 5 mg N=581 10 mg N= 408 Body as a whole Peripheral Edema 3.3 (0.0) 2.0 (0.0) 8.8 (2.2) 17.4 (2.5) Asthenia 3.3 (0.0) 3.9 (0.0) 3.3 (0.0) 2.2 (0.0) Warm Sensation 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.9 (0.2) 1.5 (0.0) Cardiovascular Palpitation 2.4 (0.0) 0.4 (0.0) 1.4 (0.3) 2.5 (0.5) Digestive Nausea 1.5 (0.9) 1.2 (0.0) 1.7 (0.3) 1.0 (0.7) Dyspepsia 1.2 (0.0) 3.9 (0.0) 0.7 (0.0) 0.5 (0.0) Constipation 0.9 (0.0) 1.2 (0.0) 0.3 (0.0) 1.5 (0.2) Nervous Headache 10.2 (0.9) 10.6 (0.4) 11.0 (1.7) 14.7 (2.0) Dizziness 2.7 (0.3) 2.7 (0.0) 3.6 (0.5) 3.7 (0.5) Paresthesia 1.5 (0.3) 1.6 (0.0) 1.2 (0.0) 1.2 (0.2) Respiratory Upper Respiratory Infection 1.8 (0.0) 3.9 (0.0) 1.9 (0.0) 0.7 (0.0) Cough 0.3 (0.0) 0.8 (0.0) 1.2 (0.0) 1.7 (0.0) Rhinorrhea 0.0 (0.0) 1.6 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) Sneezing 0.0 (0.0) 1.6 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) Skin Rash 0.9 (0.0) 2.0 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) Flushing 0.9 (0.3) 3.9 (0.0) 5.3 (0.7) 6.9 (1.2) *Patients in titration studies may have been exposed to more than one dose level of felodipine extended-release tablets.
Adverse events that occurred in 0.5 up to 1.5% of patients who received felodipine extended-release tablets in all controlled clinical trials at the recommended dosage range of 2.5 mg to 10 mg once a day, and serious adverse events that occurred at a lower rate, or events reported during marketing experience (those lower rate events are in italics) are listed below. These events are listed in order of decreasing severity within each category, and the relationship of these events to administration of felodipine extended-release tablets are uncertain: Body as a Whole : Chest pain, facial edema, flu-like illness Cardiovascular : Myocardial infarction, hypotension, syncope, angina pectoris , arrhythmia , tachycardia, premature beats Digestive: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, dry mouth, flatulence, acid regurgitation Endocrine: Gynecomastia Hematologic: Anemia Metabolic : ALT (SGPT) increased Musculoskeletal: Arthralgia, back pain, leg pain, foot pain, muscle cramps, myalgia, arm pain, knee pain, hip pain Nervous/Psychiatric : Insomnia, depression, anxiety disorders, irritability, nervousness, somn…
🆘 Overdosage ▾
OVERDOSAGE Oral doses of 240 mg/kg and 264 mg/kg in male and female mice, respectively, and 2390 mg/kg and 2250 mg/kg in male and female rats, respectively, caused significant lethality. In a suicide attempt, one patient took 150 mg felodipine together with 15 tablets each of atenolol and spironolactone and 20 tablets of nitrazepam. The patient's blood pressure and heart rate were normal on admission to hospital; he subsequently recovered without significant sequelae.
Overdosage might be expected to cause excessive peripheral vasodilation with marked hypotension and possibly bradycardia. If severe hypotension occurs, symptomatic treatment should be instituted. The patient should be placed supine with the legs elevated.
The administration of intravenous fluids may be useful to treat hypotension due to overdosage with calcium antagonists. In case of accompanying bradycardia, atropine (0.5 mg -1 mg) should be administered intravenously. Sympathomimetic drugs may also be given if the physician feels they are warranted.
It has not been established whether felodipine can be removed from the circulation by hemodialysis. To obtain up-to-date information about the treatment of overdose, consult your Regional Poison-Control Center. Telephone numbers of certified poison-control centers are listed in the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) .
In managing overdose, consider the possibilities of multiple-drug overdoses, drug-drug interactions, and unusual drug kinetics in your patient.
🧬 Clinical Pharmacology ▾
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Mechanism of Action Felodipine is a member of the dihydropyridine class of calcium channel antagonists (calcium channel blockers). It reversibly competes with nitrendipine and/or other calcium channel blockers for dihydropyridine binding sites, blocks voltage-dependent Ca++ currents in vascular smooth muscle and cultured rabbit atrial cells, and blocks potassium-induced contracture of the rat portal vein. In vitro studies show that the effects of felodipine on contractile processes are selective, with greater effects on vascular smooth muscle than cardiac muscle.
Negative inotropic effects can be detected in vitro , but such effects have not been seen in intact animals. The effect of felodipine on blood pressure is principally a consequence of a dose-related decrease of peripheral vascular resistance in man, with a modest reflex increase in heart rate (see Cardiovascular Effects ). With the exception of a mild diuretic effect seen in several animal species and man, the effects of felodipine are accounted for by its effects on peripheral vascular resistance.
Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Following oral administration, felodipine is almost completely absorbed and undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism. The systemic bioavailability of felodipine is approximately 20%. Mean peak concentrations following the administration of felodipine extended-release tablets are reached in 2.5 to 5 hours.
Both peak plasma concentration and the area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) increase linearly with doses up to 20 mg. Felodipine is greater than 99% bound to plasma proteins. Following intravenous administration, the plasma concentration of felodipine declined triexponentially with mean disposition half-lives of 4.8 minutes, 1.5 hours, and 9.1 hours.
The mean contributions of the three individual phases to the overall AUC were 15, 40 and 45%, respectively, in the order of increasing t 1/2 . Following oral administration of the immediate-release formulation, the plasma level of felodipine also declined polyexponentially with a mean terminal t 1/2 of 11 to 16 hours. The mean peak and trough steady-state plasma concentrations achieved after 10 mg of the immediate-release formulation given once a day to normal volunteers, were 20 and 0.5 nmol/L, respectively.
The trough plasma concentration of felodipine in most individuals was substantially below the concentration needed to effect a half-maximal decline in blood pressure (EC 50 ) [4 - 6 nmol/L for felodipine], thus precluding once-a-day dosing with the immediate-release formulation. Following administration of a 10-mg dose of felodipine, the extended-release formulation, to young, healthy volunteers, mean peak and trough steady-state plasma concentrations of felodipine were 7 and 2 nmol/L, respectively. Corresponding values in hypertensive patients (mean age 64) after a 20-mg dose of felodipine extended-release tablets were 23 and 7 nmol/L.
Since the EC 50 for felodipine is 4 to 6 nmol/L, a 5-mg to 10-mg dose of felodipine extended-release tablets in some patients, and a 20-mg dose in others, would be expected to provide an antihypertensive effect that persists for 24 hours (see Cardiovascular Effects below and DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ). The systemic plasma clearance of felodipine in young healthy subjects is about
0.8L/min, and the apparent volume of distribution is about 10 L/kg. Following an oral or intravenous dose of 14 C-labeled felodipine in man, about 70% of the dose of radioactivity was recovered in urine and 10% in the feces. A negligible amount of intact felodipine is recovered in the urine and feces (< 0.5%).
Six metabolites, which account for 23% of the oral dose, have been identified; none has significant vasodilating activity. Following administration of felodipine extended-release tablets to hypertensive patients, mean peak plasma concentrations at steady state are about 20% higher than after a single dose. Blood pressure response is cor…
📦 How Supplied / Storage and Handling ▾
HOW SUPPLIED Felodipine Extended-Release Tablets, USP are available containing 2.5 mg, 5 mg or 10 mg of felodipine, USP. The 2.5 mg tablet is a yellow colored, circular shaped, biconvex, film coated tablet de-bossed with 'I31' on one side and plain on other side. They are available as follows: NDC 23155-048-01 bottles of 100 tablets The 5 mg tablet is a light yellow colored, circular shaped, biconvex, film coated tablet de-bossed with 'I32' on one side and plain on other side.
They are available as follows: NDC 23155-049-01 bottles of 100 tablets The 10 mg tablet is a white colored, circular shaped, biconvex, film coated tablet de-bossed with 'I33' on one side and plain on other side. They are available as follows: NDC 23155-050-01 bottles of 100 tablets Storage: Store at 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F). [See USP Controlled Room Temperature.] Protect from light. Dispense in a tight, light-resistant container as defined in the USP using a child-resistant closure.
Manufactured by: USV Private Limited Daman - 396210, India Distributed by: Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc. East Brunswick, NJ 08816 1.866.901.DRUG(3784) Revised: 12/2022 logo
📋 Description ▾
DESCRIPTION Felodipine is a calcium antagonist (calcium channel blocker). Felodipine is a dihydropyridine derivative that is chemically described as ± ethyl methyl 4-(2, 3-dichlorophenyl)-1, 4-dihydro-2, 6-dimethyl-3, 5-pyridinedicarboxylate. Its empirical formula is C 18 H 19 Cl 2 NO 4 and its structural formula is: Felodipine, USP is a light yellow to yellow, crystalline powder with molecular weight of 384.26.
It is insoluble in water and is freely soluble in acetone and in methanol; very slightly soluble in heptane. Felodipine is a racemic mixture. Felodipine extended-release tablets, USP provide extended release of felodipine.
They are available as tablets containing 2.5 mg, 5 mg or 10 mg of felodipine, USP for oral administration. Inactive ingredients are: polyoxyl 40 hydrogenated castor oil, magnesium aluminum silicate, hypromellose 2208, lactose monohydrate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, sodium stearyl fumarate, hypromellose 2910 5cP, titanium dioxide and PEG 400. The 2.5 mg tablet strength also contains Iron oxide yellow, D&C yellow #10 aluminum lake and the 5 mg tablet strength also contains Iron oxide yellow.
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