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Calcium Channel Blockers for High Blood Pressure
Why It Is Used
Calcium channel blockers are used to lower Reference high blood pressure Opens New Window. This medicine can be taken either alone or with other blood pressure medicines such as a diuretic.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: November 12, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology |
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