Calcium channel blocker

Case Study Formal Write Up To ensure the privacy of our patient: his name is disclosed to the public Initial Impressions The middle- aged yr. old patient was experiencing moderate discomfort and substernal chest pressure. With this he had chest pain radiating down into his left arm that was accompanied by tingling sensations. Often, he has had difficulty breathing and shortness of breath. Any elongated or increased exertion resulted in increased pain in his chest and heart along with dyspnea,…

Other contributors include non-cardiac conditions such as renal dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, anemia, and the side effects of medications (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, calcium-channel blockers, and thiazolidinedione). Classifications and Stages of Heart Failure Doctors usually classify patients' heart failure according to the severity of their symptoms. The table below describes the most commonly used classification system…

$80 (Goodrx, 2014). It is a combination medication that consists of benazepril, which is an ACE inhibitor and amlodipine, which is a calcium channel blocker. The mechanism of action of amlodipine is the inhibition of the entry of calcium ions across the membranes of myocardial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. This is achieved without the changing of serum calcium concentrations and results in the inhibition of cardiac and vascular smooth muscle contraction, which yields relaxation. This…

Clinical Research Ethics While attempting to do clinical research, those in charge truly want to do everything they can to help those who need help. There must be a lot on the shoulders of these researchers while leading these clinical trials since there is so much at stake. In the world of medicine, ethics can be easily tested and have been tested for a long time in history. In 1978, the first child was born from a test tube. This means that the parent of the child was unable to conceive…

Hypertension is a steadily rapid disease. About one in every three adults in the United States have been diagnosed with the rapidly increasing disease. Hypertension is a very dangerous condition of having excessively high blood pressure. Another name for hypertension is high blood pressure (HBP). High blood pressure is the force of the blood against the artery wall. When blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on the arteries and heart. This in which may eventually cause severe heart…

Introduction Coronary Heart disease is the expression that defines the blocked or interrupted of the heart's blood supply by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries. Over time, the walls of the arteries are stuffed with fatty deposits, which is called atherosclerosis and the fatty deposits are called atheroma (BBC 2013). Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a major killer in the UK as well as worldwide. It’s the cause of more than 73,000 deaths in the UK. Each year around 1 in 10…

1.0 INTRODUCTION: 1.1 Oral Drug Delivery System: Oral route is the most common route of drug administration. Modern drug delivery strategies try to improve oral drug delivery.1 When a new drug is discovered, a pharmaceutical industry asks one of the first questions is whether the drug can be effectively administered for its intended effect by the oral route or not. If patient self administration cannot be achieved, the sale of drug constitute only small fraction of what the market would be…