Chemicals and Drugs

Sympatholytics

Drugs that inhibit the actions of the sympathetic nervous system by any mechanism. The most common of these are the ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS and drugs that deplete norepinephrine or reduce the release of transmitters from adrenergic postganglionic terminals (see ADRENERGIC AGENTS). Drugs that act in the central nervous system to reduce sympathetic activity (e.g., centrally acting alpha-2 adrenergic agonists, see ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS) are included here.

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Drugs that inhibit the actions of the sympathetic nervous system by any mechanism. The most common of these are the ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS and drugs that deplete norepinephrine or reduce the release of transmitters from adrenergic postganglionic terminals (see ADRENERGIC AGENTS). Drugs that act in the central nervous system to reduce sympathetic activity (e.g., centrally acting alpha-2 adrenergic agonists, see ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS) are included here.

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16 entry terms
  • Sympathetic-Blocking Agents
  • Sympatholytic
  • Sympatholytic Agent
  • Sympatholytic Agents
  • Sympatholytic Drug
  • Sympatholytic Drugs
  • Agent, Sympatholytic
  • Agents, Sympathetic-Blocking
  • Agents, Sympatholytic
  • Drug, Sympatholytic
  • Drugs, Sympatholytic
  • Sympathetic Blocking Agents
  • Sympatholytic Effect
  • Sympatholytic Effects
  • Effect, Sympatholytic
  • Effects, Sympatholytic

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, 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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note entry term SYMPATHOLYTIC EFFECT: use only for the sympatholytic effect of a chemical substance

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History Note

ADRENERGIC FALSE TRANSMITTERS was heading 1973-81

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  1. D27.505.696.663.050.850w

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QV 132

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sympatholytics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013565. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013565
  2. Sympatholytics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympatholytic
  3. Sympatholytics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752522