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- Methyldopa, also known as α-methyl-L-DOPA and sold under the brand name Aldomet among others, is a medication used for high blood pressure. It is one of...
- 3-O-Methyldopa (3-OMD) is one of the most important metabolites of L-DOPA, a drug used in the treatment of the Parkinson's disease. 3-O-methyldopa is produced...
- pressure medications such as clonidine, guanabenz, guanfacine (Tenex), or methyldopa; heart rhythm medications such as amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), mexiletine...
- l-DOPA can be directly metabolized by catechol-O-methyl transferase to 3-O-methyldopa, and then further to vanillactic acid. This metabolic pathway is nonexistent...
- combinations C02AA57 Bietaserpine, combinations C02AB01 Methyldopa (levorotatory) C02AB02 Methyldopa (racemic) C02AC01 Clonidine C02AC02 Guanfacine C02AC04...
- galactorrhea includes eliciting a history for various medications or foods (methyldopa, opioids, antipsychotics, serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and for behavioral...
- receptor. Corbadrine is also a metabolite of the antihypertensive drug methyldopa and plays a role in its pharmacology and effects. Corbadrine is metabolized...
- levels in the body, with drugs being metabolized by COMT (for example methyldopa, dobutamine, apomorphine, adrenaline, and isoprenaline), with iron because...
- is based on its ability to prevent the methylation of levodopa to 3-O-methyldopa, thus increasing the bioavailability of levodopa. COMT inhibitors significantly...
- treat hypertension in pregnancy, though, with either labetalol and/or methyldopa. Hydralazine is commonly used in combination with isosorbide dinitrate...