Vasoconstrictor
Of agent. May also be referred to as pressor and vasoconstrictive.
Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure.
This concept's ID is @1~24955
Brand
- naphazoline
Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms...
- epinephrine
A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin);...
- vasopressin
Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by...
Also contains
- coldness
The absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"...
- angiotensin
Any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing...
- adrenergic
Drug that has the effects of epinephrine.
- noradrenaline
A catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and...
- nicotine
An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide.
- lypressin
An antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus.
- vasopressor
Any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood...