Pharmacologic Substance
felodipine
Brand Names:
Plendil
Effect:
Coronary Arterial Vasodilation; Decreased Blood Pressure
May Treat:
Angina Pectoris, Variant; Hypertension
More Information:
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Definitions related to felodipine:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocking agent. Felodipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium ions into myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of the main coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility. This agent also inhibits the drug efflux pump P-glycoprotein which is overexpressed in some multi-drug resistant tumors and may improve the efficacy of some antineoplastic agents. (NCI04)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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