sympathetolytic

English

Adjective

sympathetolytic (comparative more sympathetolytic, superlative most sympathetolytic)

1. Alternative form of sympatholytic
   • 1947, Excerpta Medica, page 10:

     The most modern therapy uses sympathetolytic drugs […]

   • 1977, Arterial Hypertension: Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Caracas, Venezuela, 1-3 September 1976, page 20:

     Second, the integrity of descending bulbospinal catecholamine systems also is required for maintenance of elevation of arterial pressure: the intracisternal administration of the sympathetolytic drug 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OH-DA) in doses sufficient to lower norepinephrine only in the spinal cord will entirely block the hypertensive effects of NTS lesions (Doba and Reis, 1974).

   • 1991, Deafferentation Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Treatment, →ISBN, page 322:

     Sympathetolytic agents have been given to suppress the α-adrenergic hypersensitivity of the sprouts.

   • 2004, Hypertension Pearls, →ISBN, page 182:

     Beta-blocking agents and centrally acting sympathetolytic drugs such as clonidine may cause rebound hypertension after abrupt cessation and should not be stopped during the perioperative period.