Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nifedipine

1 sense of nifedipine

Sense 1
nifedipine, Procardia -- (calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks)
       => calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker -- (any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine)