"Guanethidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An antihypertensive agent that acts by inhibiting selectively transmission in post-ganglionic adrenergic nerves. It is believed to act mainly by preventing the release of norepinephrine at nerve endings and causes depletion of norepinephrine in peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals as well as in tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D006145
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.078.370.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Guanethidine- Guanethidine
- Oktadin
- ((2-Hexahydro-1(2H)-azocinyl)ethyl)guanidine
- Octadine
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Guanethidine" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence-based interventional pain medicine according to clinical diagnoses. 16. Complex regional pain syndrome. Pain Pract. 2011 Jan-Feb; 11(1):70-87.