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Medications listed are available on OH EPIC Formulary, unless otherwise noted.
Not all formulary medications are available at each facility. Please refer to your local pharmacy for available inventory.

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NIFEdipine

NIFEdipine

Drug Name	Form	Strength
Nifedipine	CAPSULE, ORAL	10 mg; 20 mg
Procardia	CAPSULE, ORAL	10 mg
Afeditab CR	TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE, ORAL	30 mg
Nifedical XL	TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE, ORAL	30 mg; 60 mg
NIFEdipine ER	TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE, ORAL	90 mg

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Restricted: Short acting nifedipine is restricted to OB/GYN. Nifedipine immediate release (IR) was removed from the formulary at OMC P&T on 9-17-2018. Nifedipine IR can be dispensed as a non-formulary medication in the rare event of a high-risk pregnancy/delivery. This formulation should not be used regularly due to safety concerns.

Recommendations:

Amlodipine is recommended to be used as the 1st line agent. Patients who are on DHP-CCBs other than amlodipine, nifedipine, or nifedipine ER will be therapeutically interchanged to amlodipine while inpatient.
Due to the infrequent utilization, the DHP-CCBs felodipine, felodipine ER, isradipine, isradipine ER, oral nicardipine, and nisoldipine ER have been removed from the system formulary.
Nifedipine ER will remain on formulary for continuation of home medication when clinically appropriate.

Nifedipine XL (Procardia and Adalat)

Nifedipine ER

Pediatric Oral Liquid Standard Concentrations OHS.PHARM.033

Last updated: Apr. 23, 2024

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