Chemicals and Drugs

Adrenergic Agents

Drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters.

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Drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters.

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31 entry terms
  • Adrenergic
  • Adrenergic Agent
  • Adrenergic Drug
  • Adrenergic Drugs
  • Adrenergics
  • Agent, Adrenergic
  • Agents, Adrenergic
  • Drug, Adrenergic
  • Drugs, Adrenergic
  • Adrenergic Effect
  • Adrenergic Effects
  • Adrenergic Neurohumor Depleters
  • Adrenergic Neuron Agents
  • Adrenergic Neuron Drugs
  • Adrenergic Release Inhibitors
  • Adrenergic Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Sympathetic Transmitter Releasers
  • Agents, Adrenergic Neuron
  • Depleters, Adrenergic Neurohumor
  • Drugs, Adrenergic Neuron
  • Effect, Adrenergic
  • Effects, Adrenergic
  • Inhibitors, Adrenergic Release
  • Inhibitors, Adrenergic Synthesis
  • Neurohumor Depleters, Adrenergic
  • Neuron Agents, Adrenergic
  • Neuron Drugs, Adrenergic
  • Release Inhibitors, Adrenergic
  • Releasers, Sympathetic Transmitter
  • Synthesis Inhibitors, Adrenergic
  • Transmitter Releasers, Sympathetic

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22 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term ADRENERGIC EFFECT: use only for the adrenergic effect of a chemical substance

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History Note

95; was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1977-94; ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS was heading 1995; ADRENERGIC NEUROHUMOR DEPLETERS, ADRENERGIC RELEASE INHIBITORS, ADRENERGIC SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS, & SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS were see ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS 1995; SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1976-94; ADRENOLYTICS was see SYMPATHOLYTICS 1975-94; ADRENOMIMETICS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94

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Previous Indexing

  • Sympathomimetics (1977-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adrenergic Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018663. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018663
  2. Adrenergic Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50430229