Explore: Sympatholytic Agents

A sympatholytic (sympathoplegic) drug is a medication that opposes the downstream effects of postganglionic nerve firing in effector organs innervated

Many attempts have been made to classify antiarrhythmic agents. Many of the antiarrhythmic agents have multiple modes of action, which makes any classification

ulceration or large artery thrombotic events may be prescribed aspirin. Sympatholytic agents, such as the alpha-adrenergic blocker prazosin, may provide temporary

valbenazine, and deutetrabenazine act as dopamine depleting agents and are used as sympatholytics or antihypertensives, to treat tardive dyskinesia, and in

Bethanidine (or betanidine) is a sympatholytic drug. Phenoxybenzamine Prichard BN, Johnston AW, Hill ID, Rosenheim ML (January 1968). "Bethanidine, Guanethidine

Fehlhaber, HW (1987). "Synthesis of the highly cardioselective beta-sympatholytic pacrinolol". Arzneimittel-Forschung. 37 (11): 1217–21. PMID 2894210

generally toxic and exhibit curarizing effects. Oxyacanthine serves as a sympatholytic agent, an antagonist to epinephrine, and a vasodilator. Tubocurarine, a

and later in the United States, as they are less appropriate than other agents such as ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, thiazide diuretics and

has two subclasses, α1 and α2. Alpha 2 receptors are associated with sympatholytic properties. Alpha-adrenergic agonists have the opposite function of

importance in congestive heart failure. Beta blockers, in addition to their sympatholytic β1 activity in the heart, influence the renin–angiotensin system at