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calcium antagonist

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calcium antagonist
n
(Medicine) another name for calcium channel blocker


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A calcium antagonist initially released in the UK in 1991, Norvasc has been available in Japan since 1993.
As a research-based developer, manufacturer and marketer, Yamanouchi has introduced several world-class drugs to the international market, including the H2 antagonist, famotidine; the calcium antagonist, nicardipine; and tamsulosin, a treatment for functional symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Nor, they said, did the study provide enough evidence to recommend that people should stop using calcium channel blockers, or calcium antagonists as they are also known.
 
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