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Abstract
1. The pharmacological effects of the centrally acting antihypertensive drug guanfacine are reviewed. 2. The drug lowers systemic blood pressure in hypertensive rats dose-dependently after oral application of 0.3-5 mg/kg. 3. Evidence is presented that guanfacine produces its antihypertensive action by a specific stimulation of central alpha-adrenoceptors. 4. Certain pharmacological differences between clonidine and guanfacine are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6249333 PMCID: PMC1430122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1980.tb04900.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0306-5251 Impact factor: 4.335