amlodipine besylate

6.2

A medicine that widens the blood vessels to lower high blood pressure and help the heart

noun
/ˌæmləˈdɪpiːn ˈbɛsɪleɪt/

Specialized

: amlodipino besilato

The doctor prescribed amlodipine besylate to help control her high blood pressure.

Examples

Some patients may experience swelling in the ankles after starting amlodipine besylate.
Patients often use amlodipine besylate to manage their blood pressure.
He takes amlodipine besylate every morning as part of his heart medication regimen.
Is amlodipine besylate effective for treating angina?
The doctor prescribed amlodipine besylate to help control her high blood pressure.
He takes amlodipine besylate every morning as part of his heart medication regimen.
Some patients may experience swelling in the ankles after starting amlodipine besylate.

Synonyms

Norvasc

vsamlodipine besylate

Specialized

1 7.2

A medicine used to lower high blood pressure and treat chest pain

is the generic chemical name for the same medicine rather than the brand

Surface Forms

amlodipine besylate singular

amlodipine besylates plural

Morphology

amlodipine + besylate

Both elements are specialized chemical/technical terms (a drug’s generic name and its salt form) rather than common lexical words, and the pair functions as a fixed pharmaceutical name rather than a compositional phrase. Even if a learner 'knew' the constituent forms, they would not be able to derive the clinical meaning ('a vasodilator used for high blood pressure/angina') from the parts alone, so the expression is not transparently interpretable.

Etymology

Amlodipine besylate is a medicine name made of two parts: the active drug amlodipine and the salt besylate, which helps the drug stay stable and easy to make into a pill. So amlodipine besylate means the amlodipine medicine in its 'besylate' form, a tablet used to help blood flow and 'lower blood pressure'.