Noun: verapamil
- A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
"The doctor prescribed verapamil to manage the patient's high blood pressure";
- Calan, Isoptin
Derived forms: verapamils
Type of: calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker
Encyclopedia: Verapamil