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Isoptin

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Noun1.Isoptin - a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
Calan, verapamil
calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker - any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine
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Firstly, the full brand names of some products were incomplete, so readers were unable to differentiate between 'immediate release' products which are suitable to be crushed (eg Efexor[R], Isoptin[R], Sinemet[R], Tegretol[R]) from the 'slow release' products which are not suitable to be crushed (eg Efexor-XR[R], Isoptin SR[R], Sinemet CR[R] and Tegretol CR[R] respectively).
Medication advice by Solo, Louise / Australian Nursing Journal
In fact, the drug verapamil, sold as the brands Calan and Isoptin, actually decreased patients' risk of worsening heart disease.
CAUTION ISSUED FOR HYPERTENSION DRUG by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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