 Felodipine
"Felodipine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with positive inotropic effects. It lowers blood pressure by reducing peripheral vascular resistance through a highly selective action on smooth muscle in arteriolar resistance vessels.
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D015736
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.203.250
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Felodipine" by people in Profiles.
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Lindfors L, Jonsson M, Weibull E, Brasseur JG, Abrahamsson B. Hydrodynamic Effects on Drug Dissolution and Deaggregation in the Small Intestine-A Study with Felodipine as a Model Drug. J Pharm Sci. 2015 Sep; 104(9):2969-76.
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Trachtman H, Frank R, Mahan JD, Portman R, Restaino I, Matoo TK, Tou C, Klibaner M. Clinical trial of extended-release felodipine in pediatric essential hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol. 2003 Jun; 18(6):548-53.
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Saseen JJ, Carter BL. Dual calcium-channel blocker therapy in the treatment of hypertension. Ann Pharmacother. 1996 Jul-Aug; 30(7-8):802-10.
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Roth M, Eickelberg O, Kohler E, Erne P, Block LH. Ca2+ channel blockers modulate metabolism of collagens within the extracellular matrix. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 May 28; 93(11):5478-82.
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Barbieri L, Mestroni L, Camerini F. [Calcium antagonists in congestive heart failure]. G Ital Cardiol. 1988 Nov; 18(11):989-96.
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