As an RCP, there is a great amount of use for this drug. Verapamil can save many people’s lives and would allow them to make it through a day without any problems when they have heart problems such as angina or hypertension. Verapamil medications block the activity of calcium into the muscle cells of the coronary and since calcium triggers contraction of muscles, blocking activity of calcium relaxes the muscles that surround the arteries. This activation allows arteries to become relaxed and would allow more blood flow. Verapamil is useful in treating and preventing chest pains which were caused from contraction of the coronary arteries that reduces the flow of blood to the heart. Relaxing muscles in the arteries in the body lowers blood pressure and reduces the pressure against the heart. As a result, the heart is allowed to work less and requires less oxygen-carrying blood. Verapamil also decreases the conduction of electrical impulses through the heart that control the coordination of contraction (which creates the spasms) (Verapamil, Calan, Verelan, Isoptin: Drug Facts, Side Effects and Dosing. (n.d.). Retrieved July 19, 2015.) …show more content…
If I were to receive patients in the ER during my shift and the patient was diagnosed with Right heart failure, Verapamil would be a drug to give, it has the ability to ease the chest pains and would allow the patient’s blood pressure to decrease, giving us time to give the patient what he/she needs to live without