Diltiazem: dose it affect vasospasm?
Calcium antagonists are being investigated for their role in preventing or ameliorating the vasospasm associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. We have done a phase I and phase II type trial of diltiazem. No effect on spasm was documented. A tendency to increase the bleeding time was noted, but no detrimental clinical effect occurred. The rebleed rate was not changed. It appears that further study of diltiazem through a proper randomized study would not be cost- or time-effective.
D001552:Benzazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy
D001552:Benzazepines; D004110:Diltiazem