tokens: METHODS : Patients with a clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke ( within 24 hours ) were consecutively allocated to receive placebo ( n = 100 ), 1 mg / h ( low - dose ) nimodipine ( n = 101 ), or 2 mg / h ( high - dose ) nimodipine ( n = 94 ). The correlation between average BP change during the first 2 days and the outcome at day 21 was analyzed .