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Nicardipine Hydrochloride

15 known interactions
1 brand name

Indications

  • Prophylaxis of angina
  • Mild to moderate hypertension
  • Life-threatening hypertension (specialist use only), Post-operative hypertension (specialist use only)
  • Life-threatening hypertension in patients with hepatic or renal impairment (specialist use only), Postoperative hypertension in patients with hepatic or renal impairment (specialist use only)
  • Acute life-threatening hypertension in pregnancy (specialist use only)

Drug Interactions

Moderate interactions

15 drug interactions identified for Nicardipine Hydrochloride. Check the full interaction details, severity ratings, and clinical recommendations in the MedNext app.

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Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🤱Breastfeeding guidance available
🫘Renal impairment guidance
🫁Hepatic impairment guidance
⚠️Requires renal dose adjustment

Cautions

calcium-channel blockers Elderly Cautions, further information Elderly Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria to aid medication reviews (see Prescrib...

Side Effects

calcium-channel blockers Common or very common Abdominal pain; dizziness; drowsiness; fatigue; flushing; headache; hypotension; nausea; palpitations; peripheral oedema; skin reactions; tachycardia; vo...

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Brand Names

Cardene(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)
Mn

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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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