 Felodipine
"Felodipine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with positive inotropic effects. It lowers blood pressure by reducing peripheral vascular resistance through a highly selective action on smooth muscle in arteriolar resistance vessels.
| Descriptor ID |
D015736
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.203.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Felo-Puren- Felo-Puren
- Felo Puren
- Alpharma Brand of Felodipine
Felobeta- Felobeta
- betapharm Brand of Felodipine
Felocor- Felocor
- Hexal Brand of Felodipine
Felodur- Felodur
- Alphapharm Brand of Felodipine
Fensel- Fensel
- Pharmacia Spain Brand of Felodipine
Plendil- Plendil
- Promed Brand of Felodipine
- Flodil
- Modip
- Astra Brand of Felodipine
- AstraZeneca Brand of Felodipine
Renedil- Renedil
- Hoechst Brand of Felodipine
- Munobal
- Aventis Brand of Felodipine
felodipin von ct- felodipin von ct
- ct-Arzneimittel Brand of Felodipine
- ct Arzneimittel Brand of Felodipine
Perfudal- Perfudal
- Pharmaceutica Astra Brand of Felodipine
Agon- Agon
- TheraPharm Brand of Felodipine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Felodipine" by people in Profiles.
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Chattoraj S, Bhugra C, Li ZJ, Sun CC. Effect of heating rate and kinetic model selection on activation energy of nonisothermal crystallization of amorphous felodipine. J Pharm Sci. 2014 Dec; 103(12):3950-3957.
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Menzin J, Lang K, Elliott WJ, Boulanger L, Arocho R, Tran MH, Friedman M. Adherence to calcium channel blocker therapy in older adults: a comparison of amlodipine and felodipine. J Int Med Res. 2004 May-Jun; 32(3):233-9.
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Black HR, Elliott WJ, Weber MA, Frishman WH, Strom JA, Liebson PR, Hwang CT, Ruff DA, Montoro R, DeQuattro V, Zhang D, Schleman MM, Klibaner MI. One-year study of felodipine or placebo for stage 1 isolated systolic hypertension. Hypertension. 2001 Nov; 38(5):1118-23.
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Elliott WJ, Montoro R, Smith D, Leibowitz M, Hwang C, Gradman AH, Schleman M, Klibaner M. Comparison of two strategies for intensifying antihypertensive treatment: low-dose combination (enalapril + felodipine ER) versus increased dose of monotherapy (enalapril). LEVEL (Lexxel vs Enalapril) Study Group. Am J Hypertens. 1999 Jul; 12(7):691-6.
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Griffin KA, Picken MM, Bakris GL, Bidani AK. Class differences in the effects of calcium channel blockers in the rat remnant kidney model. Kidney Int. 1999 May; 55(5):1849-60.
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