Hi, thanks for posting your concern in the HCM. TIA is a condition in which some blood clot temporarily block the blood supply of a focal region of the brain, not so long to cause a permanent ischaemic damage to the brain tissue. It is warning condition for a stroke, that develops in approximately one third of the patients who develops TIA. The risk of any ischaemic attack to the brain is greatly increased in the presence of some non-communicable diseases including diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia. To prevent emergence of stroke, the patients need to have stringent control of their blood sugar, blood pressure and lipid profile. Hence, if a patient have these, they are also prescribed medicines and in addition some antiplatelet medications. In your husband s case, he has been prescribed to take Amlodipine, which is a long acting calcium channel blocker, very commonly used in hypertension and some other cardiac diseases. I can definitely understand that you have financial constraints; but, if the treating doctor has prescribed this medication, there must be ample reason for that. And, if your patient is a known hypertensive or he has been lately diagnosed as hypertensive or having CAD, it must be controlled to prevent further emergence of stroke. Hence, my recommendation is to follow your doctor s advice. For very severe financial constraints, you can consult your local non-governmental agencies or to the govt. authority for further help. For any further question, please write back to us. Regards. Dr. Kaushik