Clonidine
"Clonidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An imidazoline sympatholytic agent that stimulates ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS and central IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTORS. It is commonly used in the management of HYPERTENSION.
| Descriptor ID |
D003000
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.436.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Clonidine Hydrochloride- Clonidine Hydrochloride
- Hydrochloride, Clonidine
- Clonidine Monohydrochloride
- Monohydrochloride, Clonidine
Dixarit- Dixarit
- Boehringer Ingelheim Brand of Clonidine Hydrochloride
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Agthe AG, Kim GR, Mathias KB, Hendrix CW, Chavez-Valdez R, Jansson L, Lewis TR, Yaster M, Gauda EB. Clonidine as an adjunct therapy to opioids for neonatal abstinence syndrome: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2009 May; 123(5):e849-56.