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'''Adrenergic agents''' are "drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
'''Adrenergic agents''' are "drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


==Classification==
==Classification==
===Adrenergic agonists===
===Adrenergic agonists===
[[Adrenergic agonist]]s are "drugs that bind to and activate [[adrenergic receptor]]s."<ref name="MeSH - Adrenergic agonists">{{MeSH|Adrenergic agonists}}</ref>
===Adrenergic antagonists===
===Adrenergic antagonists===
====Adrenergic alpha-antagonists====
====Adrenergic alpha-antagonists====
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====Adrenergic beta-antagonists====
====Adrenergic beta-antagonists====
{{main|Adrenergic beta-antagonist}}
{{main|Adrenergic beta-antagonist}}
===Adrenergic uptake inhibitors===
===Adrenergic uptake inhibitors===
Adrenergic uptake inhibitors are "drugs that block the transport of adrenergic transmitters into axon terminals or into storage vesicles within terminals. The tricyclic antidepressants ([[tricyclic antidepressive agent]]s) and amphetamines are among the therapeutically important drugs that may act via inhibition of adrenergic transport. Many of these drugs also block transport of serotonin."<ref name="MeSH - Adrenergic uptake inhibitors">{{MeSH|Adrenergic uptake inhibitors}}</ref>
Adrenergic uptake inhibitors are "drugs that block the transport of adrenergic transmitters into axon terminals or into storage vesicles within terminals. The [[tricyclic antidepressant]]s (tricyclic antidepressive agents) and amphetamines are among the therapeutically important drugs that may act via inhibition of adrenergic transport. Many of these drugs also block transport of serotonin."<ref name="MeSH - Adrenergic uptake inhibitors">{{MeSH|Adrenergic uptake inhibitors}}</ref> These drugs target [[catecholamine plasma membrane transport protein]]s.


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Adrenergic agents are "drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters."[1]

Classification

Adrenergic agonists

Adrenergic agonists are "drugs that bind to and activate adrenergic receptors."[2]

Adrenergic antagonists

Adrenergic alpha-antagonists

For more information, see: Adrenergic alpha-antagonist.

Adrenergic beta-antagonists

For more information, see: Adrenergic beta-antagonist.


Adrenergic uptake inhibitors

Adrenergic uptake inhibitors are "drugs that block the transport of adrenergic transmitters into axon terminals or into storage vesicles within terminals. The tricyclic antidepressants (tricyclic antidepressive agents) and amphetamines are among the therapeutically important drugs that may act via inhibition of adrenergic transport. Many of these drugs also block transport of serotonin."[3] These drugs target catecholamine plasma membrane transport proteins.

References