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Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Etilefrine is a cardiac stimulant used as an antihypotensive. Intravenous infusion of this compound increases cardiac output, stroke volume, venous return and blood pressure in man and experimental animals, suggesting stimulation of both α and β adre...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)


Conditions:

Octopamine is an organic chemical closely related to norepinephrine. In many types of invertebrates it functions as a neurotransmitter. Octopamine is known to exert adrenergic effects in mammals although specific octopamine receptors have been cloned...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Heptaminol is an amino alcohol that has been used as a myocardial stimulant and vasodilator and to relieve bronchospasm. Its most common therapeutic use is in orthostatic hypotension. The mechanism of heptaminol's therapeutic actions is not well unde...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Octopamine is an organic chemical closely related to norepinephrine. In many types of invertebrates it functions as a neurotransmitter. Octopamine is known to exert adrenergic effects in mammals although specific octopamine receptors have been cloned...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Etilefrine is a cardiac stimulant used as an antihypotensive. Intravenous infusion of this compound increases cardiac output, stroke volume, venous return and blood pressure in man and experimental animals, suggesting stimulation of both α and β adre...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Norfenefrine or meta-octopamine, also known as 3,β-dihydroxyphenethylamine, is an adrenergic agent used as a sympathomimetic drug which is marketed in Europe, Japan, and Mexico. Along with its structural isomer p-octopamine and the tyramines, norfene...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Etilefrine is a cardiac stimulant used as an antihypotensive. Intravenous infusion of this compound increases cardiac output, stroke volume, venous return and blood pressure in man and experimental animals, suggesting stimulation of both α and β adre...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2017)
First approved in 2017

Class:
PROTEIN



Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and a subsequent increase in blood pressure. It is part of the renin-angiotensin system, which is a major target for drugs that lower blood pressure. Angiotensin also stimulates the releas...