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History of heart failure
🫀Verapamil (a non-dihydropyridine CCB) is negatively inotropic, which can worsen heart failure by reducing contractility.
📉Its negative chronotropic and dromotropic effects may exacerbate conduction issues in vulnerable patients.
🌬️Asthma is not a contraindication to verapamil (beta-blockers are the concern), and SBP 110 mm Hg is usually acceptable for cautious use.
🧪A creatinine of 1.0 mg/dL is normal, so renal function does not preclude verapamil in this context.
📌Core Message
Verapamil’s negative inotropy can exacerbate heart failure, making a history of HF a key contraindication.
This question is from RN ATI Pharmacology 2019 Exam-1 which contains 41 questions.
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