CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 2003 (PART 24)

Anyone who administers drugs acting on cardiovascular adrenergic mechanisms requires an understanding of how they act in order to use them to the best advantage and with safety. Adrenergic mechanisms Classification of sympathomimetics: by mode of action and selectivity for adrenoceptors Individual sympathomimetics Mucosal decongestants Shock Chronic orthostatic hypotension Adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine are formed in the body and are used in therapeutics. The natural synthetic path is: tyrosine — dopa — dopamine — noradrenaline — adrenaline. Classification of sympathomimetics BY MODE OF ACTION Noradrenaline is synthesised and stored in adrenergic nerve terminals and can be released from these stores by stimulating...