Different manufaturers for the generic drug.
I have been advised to replace amlodipine with diltiazem. Can I do it straightway? Or I should do it gradually?
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It is a blood pressure medication. Diltiazem is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It works by slowing the electrical conduction in the heart, slowing heart rate, and/or normalizing heart rhythm. Diltiazem is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), angina (chest pain usually caused by lack of oxygen to the heart), and certain heart rhythm disorders).
It gives me nausea.
Topical treament of anal fissures
diltiazem
Diltiazem and verapamilBoth act centrally at heart muscle contraction
Gary Francis Baxter has written: 'Actions of diltiazem on the hypertrophied myocardium'
No, it's a muscarinic receptor antagonist. Yes, it belongs to class of anticholineric compounds known as muscarinic receptor antagonists.
digoxin, diltiazem, atropine, lidocaine, dopamine, dobutamine, procainamide, amrinone, milrionone, nitroglycerin, natrecor