Sympatholytics
Synonyms
Agents, Sympathetic-Blocking
Agents, Sympatholytic
Drugs, Sympatholytic
Effect, Sympatholytic
Effects, Sympatholytic
Sympathetic Blocking Agents
Sympathetic-Blocking Agents
Sympatholytic Agents
Sympatholytic Drugs
Sympatholytic Effect
Sympatholytic Effects
Drugs that inhibit the actions of the sympathetic nervous system by any mechanism. The most common of these are the ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS and drugs that deplete norepinephrine or reduce the release of transmitters from adrenergic postganglionic terminals (see ADRENERGIC AGENTS). Drugs that act in the central nervous system to reduce sympathetic activity (e.g., centrally acting alpha-2 adrenergic agonists, see ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS) are included here.