How do calcium channel blockers cause edema, and why it is worse in summer?
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How do calcium channel blocks (e.g., amlodipine) cause edema?I've known since medical school that amlodipine can cause edema, but I’ve never taken the time to examine the mechanism.
The explanation is cool and has implications as the summer heat approaches… pic.twitter.com/6z77WaJcQH
— Tony Breu (@tony_breu) May 31, 2019
The true explanation of why we wrongly kept chasing N-acetylcysteine for preventing contrast-induced AKI
short thread – or a story rather on the use of NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) and how it has lead us astray
— Swapnil Hiremath, MD (@hswapnil) December 16, 2021