Nocturia and Sleep Disturbance Depending on the Nifedipine Use

Никтурия и нарушение сна в зав исимости от приема нифедипина
Mustafa Bilgi 1, Ali Osman Kalkan 1, Kerim Çayır 1, Mustafa Keleş 2
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1 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey
2 Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey
J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 2, Issue 36, pp. 54-55.
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ABSTRACT

Calcium channel blockers are frequently used antihypertensive drugs. Adverse effects of each calcium channel blocker may be more dominant than the other. Nifedipine is a calcium channel blocker used for different indications. Nocturia is a rarely seen adverse effect of the calcium channel blockers. In this study we presented an old patient with hypertensive taking nifedipin, suffered from nocturia and insomnia.
Keywords: nifedipine, nocturia, sleep disturbance

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Bilgi M, Kalkan AO, Çayır K, Keleş M. Nocturia and Sleep Disturbance Depending on the Nifedipine Use. Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan. 2015;2(36):54-5.

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