Felodipine

Introduction: Felodipine

Description of Felodipine

Felodipine (medical condition): There is evidence to indicate that exposure to Felodipine (an antihypertensive drug) during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.

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Felodipine - Teratogenic Agent:
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Felodipine: A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocking agent. Felodipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium ions into myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of the main coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility. This agent also inhibits the drug efflux pump P-glycoprotein which is overexpressed in some multi-drug resistant tumors and may improve the efficacy of some antineoplastic agents. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Felodipine: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Felodipine as a Disease

Felodipine: Another name for Felodipine - Teratogenic Agent (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Felodipine - Teratogenic Agent
  »Symptoms of Felodipine - Teratogenic Agent

Symptoms of Felodipine (Felodipine - Teratogenic Agent)

Some of the symptoms of Felodipine incude:

• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Left foot varsus
• Clubbed right foot
• Fixed external rotation of right knee
• Underdeveloped kidneys

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Hierarchical classifications of Felodipine

The following list attempts to classify Felodipine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
    • Pyridines
      • Dihydropyridines
        • Felodipine

External links related to: Felodipine

• Triapin & Triapin Mite , SPC from the eMC
• eMedicine - Toxicity, Calcium Channel Blocker : Article by Mark A Silverberg, MD, MMB, FACEP
• Plendil Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Felodipine - RxList Monographs
• eMedicine - Toxicity, Calcium Channel Blocker : Article by B Zane Horowitz, MD
• RxMed: Pharmaceutical Information - PLENDIL
• Plendil 2.5mg, Plendil 5mg and Plendil 10mg., SPC from the eMC

Source: Diseases Database

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