Calcium Channel blocker have a long half life in the body. They can stay in your system up to 12 days after you stop taking them.
Cyclosporine (Sandimmune), a medicine that suppresses the immune system. Effects may increase if this drug is taken with calcium channel blockers.
The effects of taking calcium channel blockers during pregnancy have not been studied in humans.
Some people feel drowsy or less alert than usual when taking calcium channel blockers.
Digitalis heart medicines: Taking these medicines with calcium channel blockers may increase the action of the heart medication.
Patients taking certain calcium channel blockers may need to check their pulse regularly, as the drugs may slow the pulse too much.
The patient taking calcium channel blockers should keep taking the medicine, to give it time to work. Once it begins to work and symptoms improve, it should continue to be taken as prescribed.
Taking calcium channel blockers with certain other drugs may affect the way the drugs work or may increase the chance of side effects.
Some calcium channel blockers pass into breast milk, but there have been no reports of problems in nursing babies whose mothers were taking this type of medication.
No, calcium channel blockers work at the level of muscle cells.
This medicine should not be discontinued without checking with the prescribing physician. Some conditions may worsen when patients stop taking calcium channel blockers abruptly.
Anyone taking calcium channel blockers should therefore consult with the prescribing physician concerning how much exercise and activity may be considered safe.
The prescribing physician or pharmacist will advise as to whether combining calcium channel blockers with any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter) medication is appropriate or not.