Caduet is a dual anti hypertension/cholesterol medicine combined into one pill. It's generic name(s) are amlodipine and atorvastatin or Norvasc/lipitor.
Atorvastatin is a statin drug, [see below post] as you remember blocks the production of cholesterol by inhibiting a specific enzyme.
Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker; ( calcium is very important in the contraction of muscles, therefore if the channels [specific areas of cells that the calcium ions use to enter the cell] are blocked, the muscle cell cannot contract and thus relaxes. This in turn allows unrestricted blood flow and lowers blood pressure.
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