Apri and Clevidipine Butyrate

• Generic Name: desogestrel / ethinyl estradiol
• Dosage Forms: tablets
• Other Brand Names: Apri, Azurette, Bekyree, Caziant, Cyclessa, Ortho-Cept, Solia, Cesia, Cyred

• It is used to prevent pregnancy.
• It may be given to you for other reasons. Talk with the doctor.

• Generic Name: clevidipine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Cleviprex

Used to reduce BP when oral antihypertensive therapy not feasible or desirable.

Calcium-channel blockers considered one of several preferred antihypertensive drug classes for initial management of hypertension; other preferred options include ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and thiazide diuretics.

Clevidipine used for management of perioperative hypertension (e.g., in cardiac surgery), essential hypertension, and severe hypertension (e.g., hypertensive emergencies).

Some experts state that clevidipine is one of the preferred agents for the management of hypertensive emergencies in patients with certain comorbidities such as acute pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, and acute sympathetic discharge or catecholamine excess states (e.g., pheochromocytoma, post-carotid endarterectomy status). (See Pheochromocytoma under Cautions.)