Can you drink alcohol with felodipine?

Alcohol is not recommended for taking felodipine tablets. Felodipine is a calcium antagonist, capable of dilating peripheral arteries and coronary arteries, clinically used in the treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension. Alcohol consumption is not recommended for patients with high blood pressure during oral administration of felodipine; alcohol consumption can lead to increased heart rate and dilation of peripheral blood vessels, which may increase the effect of antihypertensive medication and lead to low blood pressure levels. Once alcohol enters the body, it needs to be metabolized in the liver, and drinking alcohol can increase the burden on the liver and even lead to impaired liver function. Drinking alcohol can also increase the heart rate, leading to an increase in myocardial oxygen consumption, potentially inducing an attack of angina pectoris, and drinking alcohol can also cause damage to the gastric mucosa. Felodipine extended-release tablets are western prescription drugs, the adverse reactions of the drug are headache and dizziness, flushing, fatigue and weakness, constipation, lower limb edema, gingival hyperplasia, etc. Allergy to the components of the drug, uncompensated heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, lactation and pregnancy are prohibited for women. Hypertensive patients oral felodipine treatment process should avoid drinking alcohol to avoid adverse reactions, under the guidance of a physician can be treated.