Are calcium ion antagonists effective anti-atherogenic agents?

Are calcium ion antagonists effective anti-atherogenic agents?

Calcium antagonists as anti-atherosclerotic agents.

Microemulsions are highly effective anti-biofilm agents.

AIMS The demonstration of the antibiofilm effects of pharmaceutical microemulsions. METHODS AND RESULTS Microemulsions were prepared as physically stable oil/water systems. Previous work by this group has shown that microemulsions are highly effective antimembrane agents that result in rapid losses of viability in planktonic populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. In ...

Atherosclerosis, calcium, and calcium antagonists.

Clinical pharmacology of calcium antagonists. Satellite symposium on calcium antagonists.

A new class of agents has been made available for the treatment of hypertension. These calcium antagonists have rapid bioavailability and dramatic antihypertensive effects through reduction of total peripheral resistance and the vascular resistance of the major target organs of the body. These changes are usually associated with unchanged cardiac output, preserved organ blood flows, maintained ...