Diltiazem
calcium channel blocker · antihypertensive
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What this medicine is for
Diltiazem is a medicine in the category "calcium channel blocker (antihypertensive)". Calcium channel blockers relax the vessel walls, which lowers blood pressure and relieves certain cardiac pains.
For Diltiazem in practice: Treats high blood pressure, angina or certain rhythm disorders. It is most often a maintenance treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on the day.
Under which brands it is found
Diltiazem is found in about 8 presentations listed in France. It comes under various trade names and in generic form.
- Chlorhydrate De Diltiazem Viatris
- Diltiazem Arrow Lp
- Diltiazem Bgr Lp
- Diltiazem Teva L.P.
- Diltiazem Teva Sante Lp
- Diltiazem Viatris Lp
- Diltiazem Zentiva Lab Lp
- Mono Tildiem Lp
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Do you need a supplement? No.
Nothing to add here. Diltiazem falls under none of our products, and no single-ingredient supplement is credibly warranted as support. Rather than placing a product on principle, we leave this page without a purchase recommendation. If you are otherwise on a statin, an antidiabetic, a PPI, a contraceptive or a beta-blocker, that is where we can be useful.
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