diltiazem
noun
dil·ti·a·zem
dil-ˈtī-ə-(ˌ)zem 
: a calcium channel blocker C22H26N2O4S used especially in the form of its hydrochloride as a coronary vasodilator
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If taking diltiazem and vitamin D, let your healthcare provider know.
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Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
There are other calcium blockers that might not have the same side effect, and the cardiologist might try one related to amlodipine (like nifedipine) or unrelated (like diltiazem).
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
The researchers were able to directly connect the opsin signaling cascade to this change in feeding behavior by introducing a blocker of opsin signaling, cis-diltiazem.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2012
Studies in mice narrowed the search to just one candidate, the calciumchannel blocker diltiazem, which is normally used to treat hypertension.
—Neil Savage, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
The staff normally would have administered diltiazem, also known as Cardizem, that is used to steady an abnormal heart rate.
—Katie Thomas, New York Times, 1 July 2018
But diltiazem was out of stock, and when two other drugs — adenosine and metoprolol — didn’t work, Mr. Alsina was admitted overnight.
—Katie Thomas, New York Times, 1 July 2018
There isn’t any diltiazem, a one-time staple to treat rapid heart rate.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 22 May 2018
Documents in the case showed that in 1998 Ben Venue Laboratories, an Ohio company that produced the heart medication diltiazem, paid GPO fees that exceeded half its sales on the drug.
—Phillip L. Zweig and, WSJ, 7 May 2018
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Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
There are other calcium blockers that might not have the same side effect, and the cardiologist might try one related to amlodipine (like nifedipine) or unrelated (like diltiazem).
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
The researchers were able to directly connect the opsin signaling cascade to this change in feeding behavior by introducing a blocker of opsin signaling, cis-diltiazem.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2012
Studies in mice narrowed the search to just one candidate, the calciumchannel blocker diltiazem, which is normally used to treat hypertension.
—Neil Savage, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
The staff normally would have administered diltiazem, also known as Cardizem, that is used to steady an abnormal heart rate.
—Katie Thomas, New York Times, 1 July 2018
But diltiazem was out of stock, and when two other drugs — adenosine and metoprolol — didn’t work, Mr. Alsina was admitted overnight.
—Katie Thomas, New York Times, 1 July 2018
There isn’t any diltiazem, a one-time staple to treat rapid heart rate.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 22 May 2018
Documents in the case showed that in 1998 Ben Venue Laboratories, an Ohio company that produced the heart medication diltiazem, paid GPO fees that exceeded half its sales on the drug.
—Phillip L. Zweig and, WSJ, 7 May 2018
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diltiazem
noun
dil·ti·a·zem
dil-ˈtī-ə-(ˌ)zem
: a calcium channel blocker used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C22H26N2O4S·HCl as a coronary vasodilator see cardizem
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