Calcium Channel Blockers
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- 2. Which juice should you tell your patient to avoid when taking calcium channel blockers because it infers with their efficacy?
- 5. What medication works on both the heart and vessels that will also decrease the heart rate?
- 6. By blocking the calcium from entering the cell and preventing muscular contraction and slow electrical impulses, what response might we see in the patient?
- 7. When calcium enters the cell is causes a ____ of those muscles or electrical activity.
- 9. Calcium channel blockers that end with ____ work only on the vessels.
- 10. When taking calcium channel blockers you want to monitor your liver enzymes and ____ function.
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- 1. Calcium channel blockers should always be used with caution in patients who have___?
- 3. Where might you find a calcium channel?
- 4. What is the only calcium channel blocker that crosses the blood brain barrier and will prevent vasospasms in the brain?
- 8. Calcium channel blockers won't increase the effectiveness of IV...