"Nicardipino"@en . . "Humans and other mammals"@en . " "@en . . . . . . . . "A potent calcium channel blockader with marked vasodilator action. It has antihypertensive properties and is effective in the treatment of angina and coronary spasms without showing cardiodepressant effects. It has also been used in the treatment of asthma and enhances the action of specific antineoplastic agents. [PubChem]"@en . . "Grapefruit and grapefruit juice should be avoided throughout treatment. Grapefruit can increase serum levels of this product."@en . . . . . . "approved"@en . . . "Oral LD₅₀ Rat = 184 mg/kg, Oral LD₅₀ Mouse = 322 mg/kg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "While nicardipine is completely absorbed, it is subject to saturable first pass metabolism and the systemic bioavailability is about 35% following a 30 mg oral dose at steady state."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . ">95%"@en . . . . . . . . . . " "@en . . . . . . . . "By deforming the channel, inhibiting ion-control gating mechanisms, and/or interfering with the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, nicardipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium across the myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cell membranes The decrease in intracellular calcium inhibits the contractile processes of the myocardial smooth muscle cells, causing dilation of the coronary and systemic arteries, increased oxygen delivery to the myocardial tissue, decreased total peripheral resistance, decreased systemic blood pressure, and decreased afterload."@en . . "* 0.4 L/hr\u2219kg [Following infusion]"@en . . . . . . . "Take without regard to meals."@en . "Cardene"@en . . "Used for the management of patients with chronic stable angina and for the treatment of hypertension."@en . "* 8.3 L/kg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "55985-32-5"@en . . . . . . . . . "Takashi Sonobe, Hiroitsu Kawata, Masayoshi Aruga, Tadayoshi Ohmura, Satoru Yoneya, Chiharu Yamada, Yukio Kubota, \"Composition for long acting nicardipine preparation and process of producing the composition.\" U.S. Patent US4758437, issued March, 1979."@en . "8.6 hours"@en . . . . . . "Nicardipine"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Nicardipinum"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Nicardipine has been shown to be rapidly and extensively metabolized by the liver."@en . .