title: Renal effects of nicardipine in patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension.
abstract: We studied the renal effects of nicardipine, a calcium entry blocker, in seven patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal blood flow (RBF) were measured by means of thiosulfate and para-aminohippurate, respectively. Intravenous administration of nicardipine hydrochloride (0.5 mg) increased RBF by 26.8 +/- 5.8% (mean +/- SEM, p less than 0.01), GFR by 35.4 +/- 12.4% (p less than 0.05), and urinary excretion of sodium by 56.4 +/- 10.7% (p less than 0.05) with a significant (p less than 0.01) reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure as compared to control values. Nicardipine decreased total renal vascular resistance by 30.0 +/- 3.2% (p less than 0.05) from the control value, while filtration fraction remained unchanged. Our results indicate that nicardipine has several favorable renal effects with a concomitant hypotensive action in patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009529:Nicardipine; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011897:Random Allocation; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D009529:Nicardipine; D009543:Nifedipine