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Nifedipine protects the heart from the acute deleterious effects of cocaine if administered before but not after cocaine.

Authors: S L Hale|||K J Alker|||S H Rezkalla|||A C Eisenhauer|||R A Kloner

Journal: Circulation

Publication Type: Comparative Study

Date: 1991

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.4.1437

ID: 2013159

Affiliations:

Affiliations

    Heart Institute, Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, CA 90017.||||||||||||

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker, could ameliorate the toxic effects of cocaine on the myocardium.

Chemical List

    Cocaine|||Nifedipine