Amlodipine-Induced Pedal Edema and Its Relation to Other Variables in Patients at a Tertiary Level Hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal.

Vasodilatory edema is a frequently encountered side effect among hypertensive patients using antihypertensive drugs. This dose-dependent adverse effect is seen more commonly with amlodipine, so low-dose combination therapy is often used and preferred in practice. Pedal edema following use of amlodipine is scarcely studied in Nepalese population so far.