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CENTRAL ALPHA

CENTRAL ALPHA AGONIST AND OTHER CENTRALLY ACTING DRUGS

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CENTRAL ALPHA2-AGONISTS AND OTHER CENTRALLY ACTING DRUGS RESERPINE (SERPASIL)<BR>METHYLDOPA(ALDOMET)<BR>CLONIDINE(CATAPRES)CLONIDINE PATCH(CATAPRES-TTs)<BR>GUANFACINE (TENEX)
MA OF RESERPINE (SERPASIL0 IMPAIRS SYNTHESIS AND RE-UPTAKE OF NOREPINEPHRINE
METHYLDOPA (ALDOMET) MA DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR<BR>DISPLACES NOREPI FROM STORAGE SITES
CLONIDINE (CATAPRES) MA EXACT MODE OF ACTION NOT UNDERSTOOD, BUT ACTS THROUGH THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, APPARENTLY THROUGH CENTRALLY MEDICATED ALPHA-ADRENERGIC STIMULATION IN THE BRAIN, PRODUCING BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION
GUANFACINE (TENEX) MA STIMULATES CENTRAL ALPHA-2ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS
ADVANTAGE OF RESERPINE SLOWS PULSE WHICH COUTNERACTS TACHYCARDIA OF HYDRALAZINE
CONTRAINDICATIONS OF RESERPINE HISTORY OR DEPRESSION, PSYCHOSIS, OBESITY, CHRONIC SINUSITIS, PEPTIC ULCER
RESERPINE EFFECTS AND CONSIDERATIONS MAY CAUSE SEVERE DEPRESSION<BR> MANNIFESTATIONS,<BR>NASAL CONGESTION<BR> USE WITH CAUTION WITH IF HISTORY OF GALLBLADDER RENAL OR CARDIAC DISEASE OR SEZURE DISORDER
GERONTOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS OR RESERPINE DEPRESSION AND POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
ADVANTAGE OF METHYLDOPA DRUG OF CHOICE FOR PREGNAN WOMEN WITH HYPERTENSION<BR>USEFUL IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE OR PROSTATE DISEASE<BR>DOES NOT DECREASE CARDIAC OUTPUT<BR>DOES NOT INDUCE OLIGURIA
EFFECTS OF METHYLDOPA DROWSINESS, <BR>DIZZINESS<BR>DRY MOUTH<BR> NASAL CONGESTION<BR> USE WITH CAUTION WITH RENAL DISEASE
CONTRAINDICATION OF METHYLDOPA MAY PRODUCE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE ELDERLY
CLONIDINE ADVANTAGE LITTLE OR NO ORTHOSTAIC EFFFECT<BR>MODERATELY POTENT AND SOMETIMESI S EFFECTIVE WHEN OTHER MEDICATIONS FAIL TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE
CONTRAINDICATIONS OF CLONIDINE SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE,<BR>PREGNANCY<BR>CONTRAINDICATED IN CHILDREN
GUANFACINE ADVANTAGES REDUCES HEART RATE AND CAUSE VASODILATION .<BR>ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE UNCOMMON<BR>
GUANFACINE USE WITH CAUTION IN PT.S WITH... DIMINNISHED LIVER FUNCTION, <BR> MYOCARDIALINFARCTION OR UNKNOWN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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