One was a calcium-channel blocker he calls “a dog.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Drug Pushers] Reference

Local injections of steroids, calcium-channel blockers, or interferon may help in the early stages of Peyronie's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Are there treatments for Peyronie’s disease?] Reference

In some patients, doctors instead try to slow down the irregular heartbeat with beta blockers or calcium-channel blockers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atrial-Fibrillation Patients Have Increasing Options for Treatment] Reference

FALL RIVER, MASS: I have atrial fibrillation and was recently switched from a calcium-channel blocker to a beta-blocker called sotalol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can a Massage Cause Stroke?] Reference

The doctor says the beta-blocker works better than the calcium-channel blocker in my case, but I think it makes me tired and causes me to gain weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can a Massage Cause Stroke?] Reference

For that reason, you should check first with your doctor if you are taking calcium-channel blockers.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Even grapefruit juice can be risky, increasing the effects of calcium-channel blockers and statins, they said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page]

Pregabalin is an calcium-channel antagonist that acts by limiting the neuronal release of excitatory neurotransmitters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

However, the authors do not indicate specifically the type of calcium-channel blocker the patients were concomitantly taking.    From Wordnik.com.  [New England Journal of Medicine] Reference

"However," they noted, "patients using calcium-channel blockers had a statistically significant increase in annual cardiac rehospitalization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The study found that neurons in the brain were protected after treatment with T-type calcium-channel blockers, which are commonly used to treat epilepsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [IrishHealth.com] Reference

"Many of these patients had coronary artery disease, and we know that calcium-channel blockers reduce angina and reduce the need for revascularization," said Strauss.    From Wordnik.com.  [theHeart.org] Reference

"That was the primary end point, so the fact that calcium-channel blockers were withdrawn, even when people were perfectly stable, may have exaggerated the response.".    From Wordnik.com.  [theHeart.org] Reference

Hoth M, Button DC, Lewis RS (2000) Mitochondrial control of calcium-channel gating: a mechanism for sustained signaling and transcriptional activation in T lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Non-dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers, such as diltiazem, have been shown to have antiproteinuric and renoprotective properties. 2 Since more than 50\% of the patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [New England Journal of Medicine] Reference

For example, people with high blood pressure or heart disease sometimes take calcium-channel blockers, which can cause an enlargement of gum tissue, especially around the lower front teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

"Here you have a pure way of using a combination drug that would protect the kidney and at the same time dilate it with probably less edema than you would see with the calcium-channel blocker," said Bakris.    From Wordnik.com.  [theHeart.org] Reference

Given the differing therapeutic mechanisms and adverse effect profiles of calcium-channel antagonists and SNRIs, synergy achieved through a combination strategy could benefit patients who fail to respond to either drug alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

The authors say "The opposite effects of calcium-channel blockers and β blockers on variability of blood pressure account for the disparity in observed effects on risk of stroke and expected effects based on mean blood pressure.".    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, found that neurons in the brain were protected after treatment with T-type calcium-channel blockers, which are commonly used to treat epilepsy.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In an Article in The Lancet Neurology, Rothwell and colleagues investigate why calcium-channel blockers reduce the risk of stroke more than expected on the basis of mean blood pressure alone, and why β blockers are less efficacious than expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

A calcium-channel blocker (CCB) (Exforge HCT, Novartis).    From Wordnik.com.  [theHeart.org] Reference

Syst-Eur: The Systolic Hypertension in Europe Study using a calcium-channel blocker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

VERAPAMIL is a calcium-channel blocker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Information about Home Management] Reference