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“Furthermore, calcium blocker , nifedipine, blocks the effect of cocaine , suggesting that extracellular calcium enters the cytosol through the L-channel.”
Research communications in molecular pathology and pharmacology • 2002 | View Paper
“The mechanism of increased cocaine toxicity by CCBs remains to be determined.”
“The calcium channel blockers (CCBs) have been shown to be effective in attenuating the behavioral effects of cocaine in rodents and subjective effects in cocaine-using volunteers.”
“There have been reports indicating that, in the presence of toxic doses of cocaine , the CCBs could actually potentiate cocaine toxicity in rats.”
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics • 1995 | View Paper
“The pressor response to cocaine was attenuated by calcium channel blockers , clonidine, phentolamine and dl- or l-propranolol, but not by d-propranolol.”
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics • 1992 | View Paper
“Since calcium antagonists have been reported to exert a protective effect against the cardiovascular disorders induced by cocaine , we tested the hypothesis that this protective action occurs in the microcirculation.”
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology • 1991 | View Paper
“The results indicate that various classes of calcium antagonists differ in their interaction with the effects of cocaine in the CNS and suggest that dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonists might be clinically useful for the treatment of cocaine abuse.”
European journal of pharmacology • 1990 | View Paper
“When added to striatal membrane preparations, flunarizine displaced [3H]spiperone … 100 nM. Since recent evidence indicates that the effects of cocaine are … dihydropyridine calcium antagonists , these findings suggest that the paradoxical potentiating effect of flunarizine is probably … the DA system and is not due to its calcium antagonist property.”