Nifedipine

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rINN: Nifedipine

Other Names

Adalat^®, Adipine^®, Cardilate MR^®, Coracten SR^®,Fortipine LA 40^®,Hypolar ^®,Nifedipress^®,Nifopress ^®,Slofedipine ^®, Tensipine MR^®

Pharmacological Information

Pharmacology Images

Nifedipine Molecule

Web information on Nifedipine

NHS Evidence on Nifedipine

DrugBank on Nifedipine

Mechanism of Action

Calcium Channel Blocker

Other Issues for Nifedipine

Dihydropyridine

Relevant Clinical Literature

Pubmed on Nifedipine

RCT with Nifedipine

Systematic reviews of Nifedipine

Nifedipine in N Eng J Med, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ

Nifedipine in Cochrane Collaboration

TRIP Database on Nifedipine

Google Scholar on Nifedipine

Bandolier on Nifedipine

UK Guidance

SNOMED search

Nice Guidance on Nifedipine

BNF-registration required
BNF for children-registration required

UK directory of medicines

UK Medicine Guide (eg pictures of capsules)

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination databases -DARE & NHS EED (evaluates reliability of research)

Prodigy Guidance on Nifedipine

Regulatory Literature

UK SPCs of medicines with marketing authorisation

EMEA search

FDA search

Other Literature

PubChem on Nifedipine

CTD (Comparative Toxicogenomics Database) link

ChemIndustry.com link

Protein Structural Information

Biological Information (GenomeNet)

Protein Knowledgebase (UniProtKB)

Please read pharmacological data limitations

Other Wikis

Medpedia on Nifedipine (Less technical, good quality control)

Wikipedia on Nifedipine (Less technical, ? quality control)

Introduction

Clinical Use

Indications

Administration

Oral

Clinical Issues

Toxicity

Contra-indications

Cautions and Interactions

Side effects

Special advice

Pharmacology