Amlodipine/valsartan
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Exforge is the brand name of an oral antihypertensive medication which combines two antihypertensive agents in a film-coated tablet. It contains amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, and valsartan, an angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist (ARB or A2A). The patent is held by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Novartis markets the drug, valsartan, as Diovan. The patent expires in September, 2012.[1] Pfizer's patent on amlodipine expired in 2007. Until then it was marketed as Norvasc.
Exforge is available in different dose preparations: 5 mg/160 mg, 10 mg/160 mg, 5 mg/320 mg and 10/320 mg of amlodipine and valsartan respectively.
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- ^ "Generic Exforge HCT". Blood-pressure.emedtv.com. http://blood-pressure.emedtv.com/exforge-hct/generic-exforge-hct.html. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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