Antiadrenergic Drugs
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These are drugs which antagonize the receptor action of adrenaline and related drugs. They are competitive antagonists at α or β or both α and β adrenergic receptors and differ in important ways from the “adrenergic neurone blocking agents”, which act by interfering with the release of adrenergic transmitter on nerve stimulation.
ANTIADRENERGIC
DRUGS
These are drugs which
antagonize the receptor action of adrenaline and related drugs. They are
competitive antagonists at α or β or both α and β adrenergic receptors
and differ in important ways from the “adrenergic neurone blocking agents”,
which act by interfering with the release of adrenergic transmitter on nerve
stimulation. These differences are given in Table 10.1.
α Adrenergic Blocking Drugs
These drugs inhibit
adrenergic responses mediated through the α adrenergic receptors
without affecting those mediated through β receptors.
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