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For chest pain/possible coronary artery vasospasms/prinzmetal angina... how long does it take for diltiazem to ease the pain?
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Depends: Diltiazem functions to relax the walls of the heart blood vessels. If you take the extended release tablet, it takes about 10 to 14 hours for the drug levels to peak in the blood. Of course, it would take less time for the regular tablets. It is iportnant to take the dose at the same time daily and not miss dose so that the blood levels can get to therapeutic levels and thus control your pain.
Answered 7/23/2014
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