Do calcium antagonists contribute to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and concomitant noncardiac chest pain?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Hughes, Jeff ^a   Lockhart, Judith ^a   Joyce, Andrew ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium antagonists; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Noncardiac chest pain

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DILTIAZEM; FELODIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BLOATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; THORAX PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250614203     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02851.x     Document Type: Article

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