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Descriptor English: Oxymetazoline
Descriptor Spanish: Oximetazolina
Descriptor oximetazolina
Scope note: Simpaticomimético de acción directa utilizado como vasoconstrictor para aliviar la congestión nasal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Oximetazolina
Descriptor French: Oxymétazoline
Entry term(s): Hydrochloride, Oxymetazoline
Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride
Tree number(s): D03.383.129.308.704
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010109
Scope note: A direct acting sympathomimetic used as a vasoconstrictor to relieve nasal congestion. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1251)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Sympathomimetics
Nasal Decongestants
Registry Number: 8VLN5B44ZY
CAS Type 1 Name: Phenol, 3-((4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2,4-dimethyl-
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under IMIDAZOLES 1966-90
History Note: 91(66); was see under IMIDAZOLES 1966-90
DeCS ID: 10289
Unique ID: D010109
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Oxymetazoline - Preferred
Concept UI M0015681
Scope note A direct acting sympathomimetic used as a vasoconstrictor to relieve nasal congestion. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1251)
Preferred term Oxymetazoline
Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0582451
Preferred term Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride
Entry term(s) Hydrochloride, Oxymetazoline



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