A medication that prevents or slows the flow of calcium ions into smooth muscle cells such as the heart. This impedes muscle cell contraction, thereby allowing blood vessels to expand and carry more blood and oxygen to tissues. See Medications.
drug that is used for angina and high blood pressure.
A class of drug that lowers blood pressure by blocking the entry of calcium into muscle cells of arterioles (small blood vessels), preventing them from contracting.
A drug used to treat chest pain, high blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat by preventing the movement of calcium into the muscle.
A type of medication that may prevent migraine headaches by acting on the blood vessels, the brain, or both.
a class of blood pressure med CHD Coronary Heart Disease
drug that can be used instead of a beta-blocker to keep blood pressure low and prevent palpitations Back to the top
a group of drugs used to reduce high blood pressure.
s - a medication that slows the flow of calcium to the lining of the coronary arteries. This medication enhances blood flow and decreases blood pressure. Some calcium channel blockers also decrease heart rate.
a medication that lowers blood pressure.
a medication used to treat heart disease.
A drug that prevents calcium from entering the heart's muscle cells. This causes the muscles to relax, lowering the heart rate.
A drug used to treat high blood pressure and angina. Decreases the workload of the heart by blocking the influx of calcium ions into the smooth muscle cells, thereby reducing the oxygen demand on the heart.
A drug used to lower blood pressure. Here's a list of some calcium channel blockers.
a drug that stops calcium from entering cells.
A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into cells, thereby reducing activities that require calcium, such as neurotransmission. Calcium channel blockers are used primarily in the treatment of certain heart conditions but are being studied as potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
A drug used to relax the blood vessel and heart muscle, causing pressure inside blood vessels to drop. It also can regulate heart rhythm.
Medicine used to control the amount of calcium entering into cells.
A drug used to treat angina and to lower blood pressure.
A drug that slows the movement of calcium across the membranes of heart muscle cells to slow their contraction.
A drug that blocks entry of calcium into cells and therefore, inhibits the contraction of smooth muscle. It results in the dilation of blood vessels and reduction in blood pressure.
Calcium channel blockers are a class of drugs with effects on many excitable cells of the body, like the muscle of the heart, smooth muscles of the vessels or neuron cells. The latter are used as antiepileptics and are not covered in this article.