Nimodipine

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Diarrhoea def x x x x
Disseminated intravascular coagulation def x x x x
Dizziness def x x x x
Dyspnoea def x x x x
Oedema def x x x x
Rash def x x x x
Fasting def x x x x
Flushing def x x x
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage def x x x x
Headache def x x x x
Cardiac failure def x x x x
Cardiac failure congestive def x x x x
Haematoma def x x x x
Hepatitis def x x x x
Hypertension def x x x x
Hyponatraemia def x x x x
Hypotension def x x x x
Jaundice def x x x x
Cramp muscle def x x x x
Nausea def x x x x
Pain def x x x x
Palpitations def x x x x
Pruritus def x x x x
Tachycardia def x x x x
Thrombocytopenia def x x x x
Thrombosis def x x x x
Venous thrombosis def x x x x
Vomiting def x x x x
Wheezing def x x x x
Vasospasm def x x x x
Hepatic function abnormal x
Deep vein thrombosis def x x x x
Blood urea increased x
Lactic dehydrogenase activity increased x x x x
Liver function test abnormal x
Phosphatase alkaline increased x x x x
Alanine aminotransferase increased def x x x x
Lightheadedness x x x x
Myalgia def x x x x
Fluid retention x x x
Platelet count decreased x x x x
Gastrointestinal symptom NOS x x
Bradycardia def x x x x
Sweating increased x x x x
Acne def x x x x
Indication Labels
Aneurysm def x x x x
Berry aneurysm x x x
Haemorrhage def x x x x
Intracranial aneurysm def x
Subarachnoid haemorrhage def x x x x

Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia

ATC Code: C08CA06

Legend

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. NIMODIPINE / NIMOTOP - CAP 30MG : 41 side effects (Health Canada)
  2. NIMODIPINE / NIMOTOP : 42 side effects (Drugs@FDA)
  3. NIMODIPINE : 43 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. Nimodipine : 45 side effects (FDA XML label)