Hypertension: Felodipine Sandoz should be swallowed as a whole and taken together with a sufficient amount of water in the morning. The dose should be adjusted individually. The recommended dose is started with 5 mg once daily. The usual maintenance doses are 5 mg or 10 mg once daily. Depending on the patient's response, the dose can, where applicable, be decreased to 2.5 mg or increased to 10 mg daily. An increase in dosage should be carried out at intervals of at least 2 weeks. In elderly patients an initial treatment with 2.5 mg daily should be considered.
Angina pectoris: The dose should be adjusted individually. Treatment should be started with 5 mg once daily and if needed be increased to 10 mg once daily.