New research challenges the traditional practice of continuing vasoconstrictor therapy for 5 days after endoscopic variceal ...

Avoid taking certain medicines known as vasoconstrictors if you can. These might be nasal decongestants, amphetamines, diet pills and some migraine and ADHD medications. If you think a medicine you're ...

Ephedra, an ancient medicinal plant, was used in funerary rituals and possibly for therapeutic purposes by prehistoric ...

Background and Objective: Narcotic analgesics such as hydromorphone undergo an extensive first-pass effect resulting in a low systemic bioavailability following oral administration. Alternative ...

Nasal Spray antagonized by nasal vasoconstrictors (eg, xylometazoline). Smoking cessation potentiates theophylline, insulin, β-blockers, pentazocine, oxazepam, tricyclic antidepressants (eg ...

Nursing mothers. Potentiates CNS depression with alcohol, other CNS depressants. Nasal vasoconstrictors delay onset. May be antagonized by concomitant (within 30 minutes) sumatriptan nasal spray.