Amturnide

Generic name:aliskiren, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide [ AL-is-KYE-ren, am-LOE-de-peen, HYE-droe-klor-oh-THYE-a-zide ]
Drug class:Miscellaneous antihypertensive combinations

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Mar 24, 2022.

What is Amturnide?

Amturnide contains a combination of aliskiren, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide. Aliskiren is an anti-hypertensive (blood pressure lowering) medication. It works by decreasing substances in the body that narrow blood vessels and raise blood pressure.

Amlodipine is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. Amlodipine relaxes (widens) blood vessels and improves blood flow.

Hydrochlorothiazide is a thiazide diuretic (water pill) that helps prevent your body from absorbing too much salt, which can cause fluid retention.

Amturnide is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).

Amturnide is usually given after other blood pressure medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.

Warnings

You should not use Amturnide if you are unable to urinate, or if you are allergic to sulfa drugs.

Do not use if you are pregnant. If you become pregnant, stop taking Amturnide and tell your doctor right away.

If you have diabetes, you should not use this medicine together with certain heart or blood pressure medicines (such as Accupril, Benicar, Capoten, Cozaar, Diovan, Lotensin, Mavik, Prinivil, Vasotec, and many others).

Before you take Amturnide, tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver disease, glaucoma, lupus, asthma, congestive heart failure, angina (chest pain), coronary artery disease, an electrolyte imbalance (such as low potassium or magnesium), a penicillin allergy, if you are on a low-salt diet, or if you have ever had an allergic reaction to a blood pressure medication.

Your chest pain may become worse when you first start taking Amturnide or when your dose is increased. Call your doctor if your chest pain is severe or ongoing.

Before taking this medicine

You should not take Amturnide if you are allergic to aliskiren, amlodipine, or hydrochlorothiazide, or if:

• you are unable to urinate; or

• you are allergic to sulfa drugs.

If you have diabetes, you should not use Amturnide together with certain heart or blood pressure medicines, such as:

• azilsartan (Edarbi, Edarbyclor), candesartan (Atacand), eprosartan (Teveten), irbesartan (Avapro, Avalide), losartan (Cozaar, Hyzaar), olmesartan (Azar, Benicar), valsartan (Diovan, Exforge, Tribenzor), telmisartan (Micardis); or

• benazepril (Lotensin), captopril (Capoten, Capozide), enalapril (Vasotec, Vasoretic), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestoretic, Zestril), moexipril (Uniretic, Univasc), perindopril (Aceon), quinapril (Accupril, Accuretic), ramipril (Altace), or trandolapril (Mavik, Tarka).