A new study suggests one of the most commonly prescribed blood pressure drugs may carry a cardiac arrest risk — particularly at higher doses — that most patients were never warned about. Find out which one in the first comment.…
The post is likely referring to high-dose nifedipine, a blood pressure and angina medication in the calcium-channel blocker family. A study using large Dutch and Danish cardiac arrest registries found that high-dose nifedipine (60 mg/day or more) was associated with a higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, while amlodipine, a related medication, was not associated …









