Having low cholesterol or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs reduces the risk of having a heart attack, but doesn’t prevent it. The cholesterol is just one important cause of heart attacks that medications can target, researchers now suspect. For example, the hormone angiotensin II boosts the formation of fatty deposits that clog arteries. So researchers investigated whether [...]
(British Approved Name, US Adopted Name, rINN) Drug Nomenclature International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) in main languages (French, Latin, Russian, and Spanish): Synonyms: Isradipiini; Isradipin; Isradipinas; Isradipino; Isradipinum; PN-200-110 BAN: Isradipine USAN: Isradipine INN: Isradipine [rINN (en)] INN: Isradipino [rINN (es)] INN: Isradipine [rINN (fr)] INN: Isradipinum [rINN (la)] INN: Израдипин [rINN (ru)] Chemical name: Isopropyl [...]
Uses and Administration Nifedipine is a dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker. It is a peripheral and coronary vasodilator, but, unlike the rate-limiting calcium-channel blockers verapamil or diltiazem, has little or no effect on cardiac conduction and negative inotropic activity is rarely seen at therapeutic doses. Use of nifedipine results primarily in vasodilatation, with reduced peripheral resistance, blood [...]
