Ivabradine
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Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...
used for the symptomatic management of stable angina pectoris. It is marketed under the trade name Procoralan (Servier
Servier Laboratories
Servier Laboratories is a privately owned French pharmaceutical company that specialises in medication for cardiological and rheumatological conditions, as well as for diabetes and clinical depression. The consolidated turnover for the 2005/2006 financial year was €3.5 billion...
), Coralan in India (Servier), Australia or such as in Italy Corlentor (Servier
Servier Laboratories
Servier Laboratories is a privately owned French pharmaceutical company that specialises in medication for cardiological and rheumatological conditions, as well as for diabetes and clinical depression. The consolidated turnover for the 2005/2006 financial year was €3.5 billion...
), and was also known as S-16257 during its development. Ivabradine acts by reducing the heart rate
Heart rate
Heart rate is the number of heartbeats per unit of time, typically expressed as beats per minute . Heart rate can vary as the body's need to absorb oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide changes, such as during exercise or sleep....
in a mechanism different from beta blocker
Beta blocker
Beta blockers or beta-adrenergic blocking agents, beta-adrenergic antagonists, beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists or beta antagonists, are a class of drugs used for various indications. They are particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, cardioprotection after myocardial infarction ,...
s and calcium channel blocker
Calcium channel blocker
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s, two commonly prescribed antianginal
Antianginal
An antianginal is any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.-Nitrates:Nitrates cause vasodilation of the venous capacitance vessels by stimulating the endothelium-derived relaxing factor...
drugs.
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