abayomi.mcewen wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> While tidying my desk I found a note I had written after a consultation
> some weeks ago.
>
> Patient had seen TV programme which patient said linked use of
> Nifedipine with stroke and/or cancer. Did any of you see it? What did
> it really really say?
> (...)
In the States nifedipine was implicated in excessive low blood pressure
leading to acute myocardial infarction in some cases. So it was withdrawl
from use in the hypertensive urgency treatment. Never heard about stroke or
cancer. Itīs just the imediate release formula, not the extended release
one.Constantino
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