Calcium Channel Blockers WisdomCard™
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- Wikipedia: Calcium Channel Blockers en.wikipedia.org - Calcium Channel Blockers
- eMedicine: Calcium Channel Blockers emedicine.com - Calcium Channel Blockers
- Mayo Clinic: Calcium Channel Blockers mayoclinic.com - Calcium Channel Blockers
- American Heart Association: Calcium Channel Blockers
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- WebMD: Calcium Channel Blockers webmd.com - Calcium Channel Blockers
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Research Notes on Calcium Channel Blockers
Calcium channel blockers are a class of drugs that are mainly used for treating hypertension. They work to relax blood vessels and increase the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart.
Fast Facts:
- Calcium channel blockers are also called calcium antagonists or calcium blockers
- The main action of calcium channel blockers is to decrease blood pressure
- Certain calcium channel blockers interact with grapefruit products
- Side effects of calcium channel blockers include constipation, headache, rapid heartbeat, rash, drowsiness, flushing, nausea, and swelling in the feet and lower legs
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Latest Headlines on Calcium Channel Blockers
What is Calcium Channel Blockers?
- WebMD: What is Calcium Channel Blocker
- MedicineNet: Definition of Calcium channel blocker
- USA Today: Definition of Calcium Channel Blockers
- HealthAtoZ: Calcium channel blockers
- Texas Heart Institute: Calcium Channel Blockers
What Are The Uses for Calcium Channel Blockers?
- eMedicine: Uses for Calcium channel blockers
- Patients UK: How do calcium-channel blockers work?
- BUPA: How do calcium-channel blockers work?
- BP Success Zone: About calcium channel blockers
- Mount Siani Medical Center (MSSM): How do these medications work?
- RevolutionHealth: Uses for calcium channel blockers
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precaeutions for Calcium Channel Blockers?
- iVillage: Potential side effects of CCBs | Drug or other interactions with CCBs
- Up to Date: Major side effects and safety of calcium channel blockers
- BUPA: calcium channel blockers-Side effects | calcium channel blockers-Interactions with other medicines
- Mayo Clinic: calcium channel blockers-Side effects | channel blockers-Precautions
- eMedicine: Toxicity, Calcium Channel Blocker
What are the Alternatives to Calcium Channel Blockers?
- AlternativeMedicine.com: Calcium-channel Blockers
- Health and Age: Calcium-channel Blockers-Alternative Medicine
- Mayo Clinic: Calcium Channel Blockers for Migraine Headaches
- ScienceDaily: Gene Therapy Alternative To Calcium Channel Blockers
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Calcium Channel Blockers?
- Acupuncture.com: What Is Angina?
- Natural Health: Making Heart-Friendly Choices
- MSMC: Are there any natural remedies which have the same or similar effect as this medication?
Clinical Trials for Calcium Channel Blockers
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Calcium channel blocker-Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Calcium channel blocker-Clinical Trials
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions and Support Groups about Calcium Channel Blockers
- WebMD: Heart Disease: Support Group | Heart Disease Message Boards
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA): Message Boards | General Discussions
- MedHelp: Calcium Channel Blockers-The Heart Disease Forum
Controversy and Lawsuits about Calcium Channel Blockers
- Science Blog: Now Calcium Channel Blockers Are Associated With Brain Damage, Memory Loss
- University of Alberta, Edmonton: The Calcium Channel Blocker Controversy - A Caution to Physicians and Pharmacists
- About.com: Calcium Channel Blocker Patent Protection Disputed
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Calcium Channel Blockers
- JAMA: Calcium Channel Blockers Journals
- PubMed: Calcium Channel Blockers Journals
- Journal Watch: Do Calcium Channel Blockers Cause Cancer?
- American Heart Association: What Have We Learned From the Calcium Channel Blocker Controversy?
- Google Scholar: Calcium Channel Blocker-Articles
- Google Book Results: Prescription Alternatives
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