Chemicals and Drugs

Sympathomimetics

Drugs that mimic the effects of stimulating postganglionic adrenergic sympathetic nerves. Included here are drugs that directly stimulate adrenergic receptors and drugs that act indirectly by provoking the release of adrenergic transmitters.

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Drugs that mimic the effects of stimulating postganglionic adrenergic sympathetic nerves. Included here are drugs that directly stimulate adrenergic receptors and drugs that act indirectly by provoking the release of adrenergic transmitters.

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15 entry terms
  • Sympathomimetic
  • Sympathomimetic Agent
  • Sympathomimetic Agents
  • Sympathomimetic Drug
  • Sympathomimetic Drugs
  • Agent, Sympathomimetic
  • Agents, Sympathomimetic
  • Drug, Sympathomimetic
  • Drugs, Sympathomimetic
  • Amines, Sympathomimetic
  • Sympathomimetic Effect
  • Sympathomimetic Effects
  • Effect, Sympathomimetic
  • Effects, Sympathomimetic
  • Sympathomimetic Amines

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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 SYMPATHOMIMETIC EFFECT: use only for the sympathomimetic effect of a chemical substance

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sympathomimetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013566. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013566
  2. Sympathomimetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathomimetic_drug
  3. Sympathomimetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598405