CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER

any of a class of drugs used in treating hypertension, angina pectoris, and certain arrhythmias. They prevent the calcium ions needed for muscle contraction from entering the cells of smooth and cardiac muscle. This causes blood vessel walls to relax and blood to flow more freely to the heart, lowering blood pressure and relieving anginal pain. Some calcium-channel blockers, such as Procardia (nifedipine), slow the electrical impulses that run through heart muscle, thus regulating arrhythmias. Cardizem (diltiazem) is a common calcium-channel blocker.

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books on: Calcium Channel Blocker  - 69 results

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Heart Disease in Women
Book by Susan Wilansky, James T. Willerson; Churchill Livingstone, 2002
Subjects: Heart Diseases In Women
...Effects produced by slow calcium channel antagonists. (From...such difference. 11 Calcium antagonists are indicated...blockers, or both. Calcium antagonists should be...treatment with beta blockers is not successful or as a substitute for a beta blocker when initial treatment...
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Cardiovascular Reactivity to Psychological Stress & Disease
Book by Jim Blascovich, Edward S. Katkin; American Psychological Association, 1993
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Psychosomatic Aspects--Congresses, Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Risk Factors--Congresses, Stress (Psychology)--Congresses
...patients reported taking a beta blocker only, 4 reported taking a calcium channel blocker only, 4 reported...taking a beta blocker and calcium channel blocker, and 1 reported taking a beta blocker, calcium channel blocker, and a diuretic...
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Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories behind the Drugs We Use
Book by Jie Jack Li; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Drugs--Miscellanea, Nitrous Oxide, Sildenafil
...appearance of the calcium channel blockers, nitroglycerin and beta-blockers were the major drugs...known calcium channel blockers (CCBs)-verapamil...of action. When a calcium channel blocker enters the opening of a calcium channel, the drug...
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Stress, Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease
Book by Philip M. McCabe, Neil Schneiderman, Tiffany Field, A. Rodney Wellens; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Psychosomatic Aspects--Congresses, Stress (Psychology)--Congresses
...Whites Rutledge, 1994 . Calcium channel blockers are also effective...with either beta-blockers or ACE inhibitors Moser...comparing a diuretic, calcium channel blocker, beta-blocker...Blacks, diltiazem, a calcium channel blocker, was...
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Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches
Book by Stewart J. Tepper M. D.; University Press of Mississippi, 2004
Subjects: Headache, Migraine
The calcium channel blocker available in the U.S. with the...profile permits. Verapamil and other calcium channel blockers have significant cardiovascular...of medication. Occasionally, calcium channel blockers will trigger a...
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journal articles on: Calcium Channel Blocker  - 36 results

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Medications to Treat Alcoholism
Journal article by Bankole A. Johnson, Nassima Ait-Daoud; Alcohol Research and Health, Vol. 23, 1999
Subjects: Alcohol Deterrents, Alcoholism, Calcium Channel Blockers, Dopamine Antagonists, Drug therapy, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Narcotic Antagonists, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, Substance abuse treatment, Taurine, acamprosate
...needed. Calcium Channel Antagonists Calcium has many physiological...the passage of calcium into cells (i.e., calcium channel blockers...Calcium, channel blockers appear to ameliorate...calcium channel blocker isradipine failed...
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TRPV4-Mediated Calcium Influx into Human Bronchial Epithelia upon Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles
Journal article by Jinju Li, Patrick Kanju, Michael Patterson, Wei-Leong Chew, Seung-Hyun Cho, Ian Gilmour, Tim Oliver, Ryohei Yasuda, Andrew Ghio, Sidney A. Simon, Wolfgang Liedtke; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011
Subjects: Bronchi--Physiological aspects, Calcium (Nutrient)--Properties, Calcium, Dietary--Properties, Diesel emissions--Health aspects, Diesel motor exhaust gas--Health aspects, Epithelial cells--Physiological aspects
...TRPV4-Mediated Calcium Influx into Human...family member 4) ion channels (Liedtke et al...GSK205 TRPV4 blocker (Phan et al. 2009...store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) at...truncated form of each channel, from 10 amino...osmotically activated channel (VR-OAC), a...receptor-operated calcium entry and ciliary...
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Alcohol Dependence at the Cellular Level: Effects of Ethanol on Calcium Homeostasis of IM-9 Human Lymphoblast Cells(*)
Journal article by Jozsef Nagy; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 61, 2000
Subjects: Alcohol--Physiological aspects, Cell research--Research
...haloperidol--or the L-type calcium channel blocker verapamil were added to the...Thus, besides the L-type calcium channel blocker verapamil, diazepam and haloperidol...also act on the intracellular calcium level of lymphocytes, and...
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The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activates the Lipid Kinase Pi3k in Drosophila Motor Neurons through the Calcium/calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase Ii and the Nonreceptor Tyrosine Protein Kinase Dfak
Journal article by Curtis Chun-Jen Lin, James B. Summerville, Eric Howlett, Michael Stern; Genetics, Vol. 188, 2011
Subjects: Autism, Kinases, Mutation, Proteins
...CaMKII inhibitor peptide, calcium/ calmodulin-dependent CaMKII, and calcium/calmodulinindependent...quinidine, which is a potassium channel blocker that sensitizes the motor...active even in the absence of calcium or calmodulin by the phosphomimetic...
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Neuropathology in Drosophila Membrane Excitability Mutants
Journal article by Tim Fergestad, Barry Ganetzky, Michael J. Palladino; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: ATPalpha protein, Drosophila, Brain, Disease, Drosophila Proteins, Monoclonal antibodies, Na(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase, Nervous system, Potassium Channels, Sodium Channels
...in increased intracellular calcium, ultimately leading to necrosis...voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels alone and in combination...We found that many ion channel mutations are associated...Mutations affecting eagor Sh K+ channels alone or in double-mutant...protection from introducing Na+ channel mutations and lack of aggravation from removing K+ channels, combined with failure of...
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magazine articles on: Calcium Channel Blocker  - 133 results

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One Calcium-channel Blocker Form Flagged by FDA Advisers
Magazine article by Michael F. Conlan; Drug Topics, Vol. 140, February 19, 1996
Subjects: Prescription drugs, Regulatory agencies, United States
One Calcium-channel Blocker Form Flagged by FDA Advisers by...advisory panel has given most calcium-channel blockers a clean bill of health, but it...and Procardia XL) or any other calcium-channel blockers. The Cardiovascular...
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Pfizer's Once-a-day Calcium Channel Blocker Wins Approval
Magazine article by Alice Shane; Drug Topics, Vol. 136, September 21, 1992
Subjects: Cardiovascular disease, Case studies, Effectiveness, FDA, Pfizer Inc, Pharmaceutical industry, Prescription drugs, Product introduction, United States
...a-day Calcium Channel Blocker Wins Approval...Pfizer Inc.s new calcium channel blocker for the treatment...Amlodipine is a calcium channel antagonist...Norvasc has over some calcium channel blockers is that it only has...
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Italy - Calcium Channel Blockers Reduce Strokes
Magazine article; Nutrition Health Review, 1999
Subjects: Clinical trials, Drug therapy, Heart, Pharmacology, Stroke
Italy - Calcium Channel Blockers Reduce Strokes SYST-EUR, a major clinical trial on the calcium channel blocker (CCB) nimodipine found that...and 31 % fewer cardiac events. Calcium channel blockers are typically...
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There's a New School of Thought on Use of Beta-blockers for Hypertension
Magazine article by Heidi Belden; Drug Topics, Vol. 152, May 12, 2008
Subjects: Beta blockers, Hypertension, Medical treatment, Side effects, United States
...value of beta-blockers (BBs) is the data...in which beta-blockers were compared with...taking the beta-blocker," he told Drug...angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), and the newer calcium channel blockers (CCBs...
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Channel Surfing
Magazine article by Elena Portyansky; Drug Topics, Vol. 141, June 16, 1997
Subjects: Pharmacology, Prescription drugs, Product development, R&D, United States
...but calcium-channel blockers (CCB) take the prize...suppression) by blocking L-channels, which are also located...Gums pointed out. T-channels, which are found in...that the selective T-channel CCB class should not...function. And only T-channels flourish on neuro...from the new class of calcium antagonist to gush...when added to a beta-blocker. Headache, flushing...
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newspaper articles on: Calcium Channel Blocker  - 21 results

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2 MILLION WARNED ON BLOOD PRESSURE TABLETS; Patients Will Be Switched from Beta Blockers to New Drugs over Stroke Risk
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 28, 2006
...prescriptions for beta blockers each year, at a total...inhibitors, diuretics and calcium channel blockers - are also better at...or a calcium channel blocker to lower their blood...only those taking beta blockers for high blood pressure...
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Blood Pressure Drugs Feeding the Obesity Epidemic?
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2011
Subjects: Adrenergic beta blockers--Reports, Adrenergic beta-antagonists--Reports, Blood pressure--Reports, Cardiovascular agents--Reports, Hypoglycemic agents--Reports, Obesity--Drug therapy, Obesity--Reports
...found, patients on beta blockers were anywhere from 11...in 11 people on beta blockers and 19 adults the same...after a meal, the beta blockers users burned roughly...include ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers and diuretics...
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Health; Blood Pressure Drugs Can Prevent Strokes, Heart Attacks - Studies
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2008
Subjects: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular agents, Heart attack--Drug therapy, Heart attack--Prevention, Hypertension--Drug therapy, Hypertension--Prevention, Stroke (Disease)--Drug therapy, Stroke (Disease)--Prevention, Stroke--Drug therapy, Stroke--Prevention
...containing benazepril and a calcium channel blocker, amlodipine. ACE inhibitors...vessels to lower pressure. Calcium channel blockers do the same in a different...clear that people on the ACE-calcium blocker combo were doing better...
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Blood Pressure Drug Could Cause 8,000 Diabetes Cases a Year
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 7, 2006
...JENNY HOPE BETA-BLOCKER drugs used to fight...have been on beta-blockers at any one time...aceinhibitors and calcium channel blockers should...check-up, beta-blockers remain in wide use...remaining beta-blocker patients, the benefits...were prescribed a calcium channel blocker...
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Blood-Pressure Drug May Linger in Body
Newspaper article by Ruth Larson; The Washington Times, June 20, 1998
...drugs in its class, called calcium channel blockers. Posicor blocks the liver...considering therapy with another calcium channel blocker," it said. Dr. Mullins...intend to prescribe another calcium channel blocker or a beta...
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encyclopedia articles on: Calcium Channel Blocker  - 1 result

 
 
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Calcium-Channel Blocker
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER any of a class of drugs used in...arrhythmias . They prevent the calcium ions needed for muscle contraction...and relieving anginal pain. Some calcium-channel blockers, such as Procardia (nifedipine...


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