Calcium antagonists in the Elderly Patients.

Atherosclerosis, calcium, and calcium antagonists.

The Antiiflammtory Activity of calcium-channel antagonists on chronic inflammation in rat

calcium mobilization is known to be an important factor in the activation of cells involved in inflammation,so,calcium-channel antagonists are be expected ti exhibit antiinflammatory activity.in the present study,we evaluateted the antiinflammatory effects of two calcium channel blockers,verapamil and nifedipine on adjuvant induced chronic in flammation in rat paw.sixty adult male rats were div...

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 ...

Calcium antagonists: effects on cardio-renal risk in hypertensive patients.

Calcium antagonists comprise 2 main subclasses, dihydropyridines and nondihydropyridines, and have been studied extensively in hypertensive patients. Early meta-analyses suggested that short-acting calcium antagonists were associated with higher mortality rates resulting from cardiovascular events and other etiologies. Recent meta-analyses failed to show any substantive difference between long ...

Are calcium antagonists beneficial in diabetic patients with hypertension?

PURPOSE We analyzed the available data to assess the effects of calcium antagonists in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus. METHODS We performed a MEDLINE search of English-language articles published until April 2003, using the terms diabetes mellitus, hypertension or blood pressure, and therapy. Pertinent articles cited in the identified papers were also reviewed. We included prosp...