(-216.1 ng 24 h-1, 95% CI -276.5, -155.8; P < 0.001), together with an increase in systolic (+7.8 mm Hg, 95% CI +3.1, +12.3; P < 0.01) and diastolic (+3.9 mm Hg, 95% CI +1.2, +6.6; P < 0.01) blood pressure; it had no significant effect on regional vascular resistances (+4.7 mm Hg ml-l s, 95% CI -5.6, +15.0). Effects of ibuprofen on renal prostanoid synthesis were less marked, and there was no change in indices of renal function or hydro-electrolytic balance. 5 The haemodynamic effects of amlodipine may be partially antagonised by ibuprofen, which mainly determines inhibition of extrarenal prostanoid synthesis. It is suggested that this antagonism is attributable not so much to a direct effect of the calcium antagonist on prostacyclin synthesis as to an alteration in vascular tone, dependent on prostacyclin and perhaps other vasodilatory prostanoids.