stop using nifedipine capsules for emergency hypertension
November 1996
There's quite a stir about the brand new warning in JAMA to stop using nifedipine capsules for emergency hypertension.
The common practice is to squirt the contents of a nifedipine capsule (Procardia, Adalat) under the tongue...or have patients bite the capsule and swallow it.
It's easy and works rapidly...and therefore very popular.
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