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Strategies for Managing Calcium Channel Blocker Edema
| Reduction in dosage, usually with increase or addition of another antihypertensive class |
| Switch to another calcium blocker, usually a nondihydropyridine calcium blocker (ie, diltiazem) |
| Add an angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker |
| Daytime lower extremity compression stockings |
| Leg elevation |
| Reassurance |
| Look for other etiologies of edema |
| Calcium blocker discontinuation |
