Calcium channel blockers controversy: a review of the literature.

From: Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Benghuzzi, Hamed A.; Peden, Ann H. | Copyright information

Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are a commonly used cardiovascular drug class. Sales of CCBs have been estimated to be approximately $3.2 billion annually. Clinicians have prescribed calcium channel blockers for the treatment of angina pectoris, hypertension, and cardiac rhythm disturbances since the 1980s (Katzung, 1998). In 2002, the eighth most prescribed drug in the United States was amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, and several other types of calcium channel blockers are a...

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