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Phentolamine

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Definition: A nonselective alpha-adrenergic antagonist. It is used in the treatment of hypertension and hypertensive emergencies, pheochromocytoma, vasospasm of RAYNAUD DISEASE and frostbite, clonidine withdrawal syndrome, impotence, and peripheral vascular disease.     
Pharmacological Action Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Antihypertensive Agents 		Other names Fentolamin; Phentolamine Mono hydrochloride; Mono-hydrochloride, Phentolamine; Methanesulfonate, Phentolamine; Mesylate, Phentolamine; Mesilate, Phentolamine; Z-Max; Schering-Plough Brand of Phentolamine Mesylate; Rogitine; Regityn; Phentolamine Mono-hydrochloride; Phentolamine Methanesulfonate; Phentolamine Mesylate; Phentolamine Mesilate; Regitine; Paladin Brand of Phentolamine Mesylate; Novartis Brand of Phentolamine Mesylate; Alliance Brand of Phentolamine MesylateDrugs* : REGITINE; ORAVERSE; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
aviptadil  0   *Phentolamine *Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Drug Combinations Erectile Dysfunction. Curr Opin Investig Drugs 2001 Apr;2(4):545-9
papaverine, phentolamine drug combination  0   *Papaverine *Phentolamine Drug Combinations. Urologe (A) 1988;27(1):2

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