Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker is a pharmacological drug class in the FDA Established Pharmacologic Class taxonomy containing 8 drugs such as amlodipine, clevidipine, isradipine.

FDA Established Pharmacologic Class · N0000175421

Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker

Pharmacological class containing 8 drugs per the FDA Established Pharmacologic Class taxonomy.

Drugs in this class (8)

amlodipineclevidipineisradipinefelodipinenicardipinenifedipinenimodipinenisoldipine

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What is the Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker drug class?
Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker is a pharmacological class in the FDA Established Pharmacologic Class taxonomy, classification code N0000175421. It groups 8 drugs that share a similar mechanism of action, chemical structure, or therapeutic use.
Which drugs are part of the Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker class?
Notable drugs in the Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker class include amlodipine, clevidipine, isradipine, felodipine, nicardipine, and 3 more. The complete member list is shown above on this page; tap any drug name to see its full Indian-context information sheet.
What does FDA Established Pharmacologic Class mean?
FDA Established Pharmacologic Class is one of the standard taxonomies used by the NIH National Library of Medicine to organise drugs. Different taxonomies group drugs by different criteria - some by chemical structure, some by what they do in the body, some by therapeutic intent. Together these classifications make medical research, prescribing and education more consistent across the world.
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Source: NIH RxClass — National Library of Medicine, public domain. Class taxonomy: FDA Established Pharmacologic Class. View on RxClass ↗