Adrenergic antagonist

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An Adrenergic antagonist is a pharmaceutical substance that acts to inhibit the action of the adrenergic receptors. It is thus a type of sympatholytic.

It has the opposite effect as adrenergic agonists.

More specifically, they can be divided into:

[edit] Structure Activity Relationship

If the amine on the Adrenergic agent has a substituent bigger than a tertiary butyl, then the compound becomes an adrenergic antagonist[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Medicinal Chemistry of Adrenergics and Cholinergics

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Sympatholytic (and closely related) antihypertensives (C02)
Sympatholytics
(antagonize α-adrenergic
vasoconstriction)
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Adrenergic release inhibitors
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Non-selective α blocker
Other antagonists
dual (Bosentan) • selective (Ambrisentan, Sitaxentan)
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