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Re: re: What exactly is meant by sympatholytic?

Posted by Elizabeth on January 4, 1999, at 20:56:25

In reply to re: What exactly is meant by sympatholytic?, posted by Hud Ramelan on January 3, 1999, at 22:53:42

> I take Hydergine (ergoloid mesylates), which is classified as a sympatholytic adrenergic antagonist. What does this mean, exactly? I know what an antagonist is. I guess that sympatholytic means something to do with the sympathetic nervous system and the releasing of, or the freeing of or some such thing. I know that sympathetomimetic agents imitate the chemicals of the sympathetic nervous system (ie epinephrine). But what do sympatholytics do? Why are they typically used? What are other examples besides Hydergine?

A sympatholytic is a drug that acts in a way opposite to the
sympathetic nervous system. (A sympathomimetic acts in
a way that imitates stimulation of the SNS.) Another
example of a sympatholytic would be propranolol.

Can I ask what you're using the hydergeine for? Just
curious.


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