Efonidipine
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Efonidipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker
marketed by Shionogi & Co. of Japan
. It was launched in 1995, under the brand name Landel.
It has also been studied in atherosclerosis and acute renal failure.
Calcium channel blocker
A calcium channel blocker is a chemical that disrupts the movement of calcium through calcium channels.CCB drugs devised to target neurons are used as antiepileptics. However, the most widespread clinical usage of calcium channel blockers is to decrease blood pressure in patients with...
marketed by Shionogi & Co. of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was launched in 1995, under the brand name Landel.
It has also been studied in atherosclerosis and acute renal failure.