Nifedipine

Indications

• • antianginal (especially in Prinzmetal's angina)

• antihypertensive

• Raynaud's phenomenon

• premature labor

  • painful spasms of the esophagus in cancer and tetanus patients

  • Small subset of pulmonary hypertension patients whose symptoms respond to calcium channel blockers

Administration/Absorption

Distribution

Mechanism

• • dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker

Excretion