the recent concerns about calcium blockers decreasing survival
January 1996
Maybe there really is something to all the recent concerns about calcium blockers decreasing survival...especially short-acting nifedipine and other calcium blockers in the dihydropyridine class.
At first many experts dismissed this as too preliminary.
Now a third study shows similar results...this time a decrease in survival in elderly patients taking short-acting nifedipine for hypertension.
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