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  2. Lercanidipine - Wikipedia

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    Lercanidipine (trade name Zanidip, among others) is an antihypertensive (blood pressure lowering) drug. It belongs to the dihydropyridine class of calcium channel blockers , which work by relaxing and opening the blood vessels allowing the blood to circulate more freely around the body.

  3. Calcium channel blocker - Wikipedia

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    Lercanidipine (Zanidip) Manidipine (Calslot, Madipine) Nicardipine (Cardene, Carden SR) Nifedipine (Procardia, Adalat) Nilvadipine (Nivadil) Nimodipine (Nimotop) This substance can pass the blood-brain barrier and is used to prevent cerebral vasospasm. Nisoldipine (Baymycard, Sular, Syscor) Nitrendipine (Cardif, Nitrepin, Baylotensin ...

  4. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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    Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). [1] Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and myocardial infarction.

  5. Indication (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Each test has its own indications and contraindications, but in a simplified fashion, how much a test is indicated for an individual depends largely on its net benefit for that individual, which largely depends on the absolute difference between pre- and post-test probability of conditions (such as diseases) that the test is expected to achieve ...

  6. Nisoldipine - Wikipedia

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    Nisoldipine is a pharmaceutical drug used for the treatment of chronic angina pectoris and hypertension.It is a calcium channel blocker of the dihydropyridine class. It is sold in the United States under the proprietary name Sular.

  7. Angiotensin II receptor blocker - Wikipedia

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    Losartan, the first ARB. Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), formally angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT 1) antagonists, [1] also known as angiotensin receptor blockers, [2] [3] angiotensin II receptor antagonists, or AT 1 receptor antagonists, are a group of pharmaceuticals that bind to and inhibit the angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT 1) and thereby block the arteriolar contraction and ...

  8. Renin inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Renin inhibitors are pharmaceutical drugs inhibiting the activity of renin that is responsible for hydrolyzing angiotensinogen to angiotensin I, [2] [3] [4] which in turn reduces the formation of angiotensin II that facilitates blood pressure.

  9. Cilnidipine - Wikipedia

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    Cilnidipine is a calcium channel blocker.Cilnidipine is approved for use in Japan, China, India, Nepal, and Korea for hypertension.. It is a calcium antagonist accompanied with L-type and N-type calcium channel blocking functions.