Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A calcium channel blocker drug, C17H18N2O6, that acts as a coronary vasodilator and is used primarily to treat hypertension and angina pectoris.
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- noun A
dihydropyridine calcium channelblocker , used mainly as anantianginal andantihypertensive .
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- noun calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The following morning the intravenous medications were discontinued and she was started on an oral medication (nifedipine) to be taken four times daily to reduce the risk of pre-term labor.
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Calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine (Procardia) and diltiazem (Cardizem) interfere with the chemical change that enables sperm to penetrate the egg.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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These muscle relaxants tocolytics include nifedipine, terbutaline sulfate, magnesium sulfate, and indomethacin.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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She “tootled” downstairs to the ER, where they put nifedipine capsules under her tongue to bring down the pressure; she was nauseous and vomiting.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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All calcium blockers, such as nifedipine (Procardia) and diltiazem (Cardizem)
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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These muscle relaxants tocolytics include nifedipine, terbutaline sulfate, magnesium sulfate, and indomethacin.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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There are exceptions where an extended formula works better, like short-acting calcium channel blockers like nifedipine, or Parkinson's treatment drug Sinemet CR.
Shun Brand Name Drugs With Two Letters After The Name And Save - The Consumerist 2008
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Field tests with the manual showed that, for example, the consumer price of nifedipine, a drug for hyper-tension, was six times higher in South Africa than in Brazil.
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Many physicians provide their patients on MAOIs with one or two 10-mg tablets of the calcium channel antagonist, nifedipine, and instruct them to take one sublingually for its alpha-adrenergic antagonistic effects immediately upon noticing any signs of acute hypertension.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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