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  1. Drug

    Calcitriol

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00136
    ApprovedInvestigationalNutraceutical

    tubular reabsorption of calcium in the kidneys, and stimulating the release of calcium stores from the skeletal system. … Calcitriol plays a role in plasma calcium regulation in concert with parathyroid hormone (PTH) by enhancing absorption of dietary calcium and phosphate from the gastrointestinal tract, promoting renal

    Categories: Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents
  2. Drug

    Cinnarizine

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00568
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Cinnarizine could be also viewed as a nootropic drug because of its vasorelaxating abilities (due to calcium channel blockage), which happen mostly in brain. … Cinnarizine is a specific calcium channel blocker that primarily works on the central vestibular system to interfere with the signal transmission between vestibular apparatus of the inner ear and the vomiting

    Categories: Calcium Channel Blockers, Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents
  3. Drug

    Nifedipine

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01115
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Nifedipine, or BAY a 1040, is a first generation dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel blocker, similar to [nicardipine].

    Categories: Calcium Channel Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers and Diuretics
  4. Drug

    Glymidine

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01382
    Approved

    Membrane depolarization stimulates calcium ion influx through voltage-sensitive calcium channels. This increase in intracellular calcium ion concentration induces the secretion of insulin.

  5. Drug

    Human calcitonin

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06773
    Approved

    Calcitonin was first discovered in isolated parathyroid tissue as a substance with a serum-calcium-lowering effect. … [A32099] It is constituted as a 32-amino acid single chain polypeptide structure that gets secreted as a regulatory agent in calcium-phosphorus metabolism.

    Categories: Calcium Homeostasis
  6. Drug

    Potassium

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14500
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Potassium is an essential nutrient, like [Calcium] and [Magnesium]. It was identified as a shortfall nutrient by the 2015-2020 Advisory Committee of Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

    Mixtures: Isotonix Calcium Plus Formula, Calcium and Magnesium 1:1 Plus Tablets
  7. Drug

    Zonisamide

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00909
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L42530,L42535] Zonisamide may act by blocking repetitive firing of voltage-gated sodium channels, leading to a reduction of T-type calcium channel currents or by binding allosterically to GABA receptors

    Categories: Calcium Channel Blockers, Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents
  8. Drug

    Dihydrotachysterol

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01070
    ApprovedWithdrawn

    A vitamin D that can be regarded as a reduction product of vitamin D2.

  9. Drug

    Glyburide

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01016
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L8123] Glyburide stimulates insulin secretion through the closure of ATP-sensitive potassium channels on beta cells, raising intracellular potassium and calcium ion concentrations.

  10. Drug

    Cinacalcet

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01012
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Cinacalcet is a calcimimetic sold by Amgen under the trade name Sensipar® in North America and Australia and as Mimpara® in Europe. It is used to treat hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid tumours or renal failure.

    Categories: Calcium Homeostasis, Calcium-sensing Receptor Agonist