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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Nicardipine


- Discussion: - Nicardipine is a calcium channel blocker related to nifedipine; - Dosing Information: - Initial doses of immediate release nicardipine are 20 mg PO TID with dose titrations to 40 mg PO TID at 2 week intervals; - Sustained release dosing begins with 30 mg BID; Controlled multicenter double-blind trial of nicardipine in the treatment of primary Raynaud phenomenon. French Cooperative



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.