Calcium antagonists (calcium channel blockers): Medications used to slow the heart and relax blood vessels, to treat angina and to control blood pressure.
Calcium antagonists: Caution should be used in the co-administration of beta-adrenergic blocking agents and oral or intravenous calcium antagonists, because of possible atrioventricular conduction disturbances, left ventricular failure, ...
Betablockers and calcium antagonists such as verapamil reduce the forceful contraction of the heart and slow the heart rate allowing it to fill better and allowing blood to flow out of the heart more easily. Dysopyramide can also be used, ...
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If episodes occur more than 2 or 3 times a month, a variety of drugs can be taken for prevention, including agents that lower blood pressure (beta-blockers, calcium antagonists), anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressants, ...
Meta-analysis of trials comparing beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, and nitrates for stable angina. JAMA 1999; 281:1927.
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Raynaud's symptoms are reduced by medicines such as calcium antagonists, prostacyclin, and extra warmth - for example, by using heated gloves. Newer treatments include nitroglycerine ointment and tablets called sildenafil (ViagraŽ).
Calcium channel blockers (calcium antagonists). Calcium channel blockers relax artery muscles and dilate coronary arteries and other arteries by blocking the transport of calcium into these structures, thus lowering blood pressure.
Other treatments for angina include calcium channel blockers and beta blockers that reduce blood pressure. Calcium antagonists lower blood pressure by reducing calcium entry into vascular smooth muscle cells, relaxing blood vessels.
Calcium antagonists (high blood pressure, heart disease)
Digitalis and other cardiac glycosides (heart failure and arrhythmias)
Lithium
Beta-blockers (high blood pressure, heart disease), also used in some eye drops ...
Drugs that open blood vessels (vasodilators)
Calcium channel blockers (calcium antagonists)
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Estrogens
Certain diabetes medications called thiazolidinediones ...
Hypotensive drugs include blood pressure drugs, diuretics (water pills), heart medications (especially calcium antagonists- nifedipine / Procardia, beta blockers-propranolol / Inderal and others), ...
Medicines are sometimes helpful in relieving symptoms of PAD. These include:
aspirin to thin the blood
pentoxifylline to improve the oxygen supply to the muscles
vasodilators, such as calcium antagonists, to improve blood supply ...
Some of the medicines used to treat heart disease are nitroglycerin, beta-blockers, and calcium antagonists. If medicine does not work, doctors will try other ways to help get more blood to your heart.
If antihistamines do not help, then several second-line treatments are used. The most effective are corticosteroids. Others include doxepin, dapsone, attenuated androgens, calcium antagonists, antimalarials, gold and methotrexate.
to drink plenty of liquid, strain your urine through a filter to capture the stone pieces for testing, and you may need to take antibiotics and painkillers. Some studies have reported stones may come out better if certain drugs (calcium antagonists ...
Certain classes of drugs are associated with an increased risk of syncope, including diuretics, calcium antagonists, ACE inhibitors, nitrates, antipsychotics, antihistamines, levodopa, narcotics, and alcohol.
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