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Calcium channel blockers, such as verapamil and diltiazem, can help slow a rapid heart rate. Other calcium channel blockers, such as nifedipine, have little or no effect on heart rate or may actually increase the heart rate.
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Calcium channel blockers. These medications help relax blood vessel muscles, and some slow your heart rate. One example is nifedipine (Procardia).
Alpha blockers.
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Calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure
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Calcium channel blockers, such as long-acting nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), verapamil (Calan, Isoptin), diltiazem (Cardizem), amlodipine (Norvasc) ' These medications may help to decrease the frequency of chest pain in patients with angina.
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Calcium channel blockers such as diltiazem (Cardizem), nicardipene (Cardene), and nifedipine (Procardia)
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Different calcium channel blockers act on different parts of the heart and circulatory system and are taken for different conditions.
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calcium channel blockers, which relax blood vessels and increase the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart, while reducing its workload; ...
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Common drugs for suppressing arrhythmias include beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, quinidine, digitalis preparations, and procainamide.
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Vasodilators, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and calcium channel blockers lower blood pressure by relaxing and opening up narrowed blood vessels.
Examples of calcium channel blockers are diltiazem, verapamil, nifedipine, and amlodipine.
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Researchers have injected chemical agents such as verapamil, collagenase, steroids, calcium channel blockers, and interferon alpha-2b directly into the plaques.
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People who were treated for high blood pressure with thiazide diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide, had a significantly lower stroke risk than people on ACE inhibitors or calcium channel blockers.
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Calcium channel blockers are also occasionally of benefit. Talk to your doctor. He or she will search for a "cause" of your leg cramps by checking your nervous system and evaluating your circulation.
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A group of blood pressure lowering drugs called calcium channel blockers (such as nifedipine, amlodipine, diltiazem, felodipine, and verapamil)
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Belongs to a family of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It is being investigated for use with anticancer drugs to prevent or overcome drug resistance and improve response to chemotherapy.
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Medications that may be used in an attempt to control blood pressure include diuretics, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and alpha blockers.
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Said to be effective in controlling hypertension without the side effects that may be associated with treatment with ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors and calcium channel blockers.
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