Autonomic Nervous System Pharmacology

question 1 of 25 course: Medicine(Degree)
question 1 of 25 course: Medicine(Degree)

Q: Administration of Drug X alone causes an increase in systolic and diastolic BP and a decrease in heart rate. If pretreated with prazosin, subjects show a modest increase in systolic BP and an increase in heart rate. Drug X is most likely?

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Epoprostenol is a synthetic prostacyclin (PGI2). It is a potent vasodilator of pulmonary and systemic arteries and also inhibits platelet aggregation. In pulmonary hypertension, it reduces pulmonary vascular resistance, lowering the pressure in the pulmonary arteries and improving symptoms.

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