phenylephrine hydrochloride

phenylephrine hydrochloride
A powerful vasoconstrictor, used as a nasal decongestant and mydriatic.

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[USP] the hydrochloride salt of phenylephrine, used as a vasoconstrictor; used topically to decongest nasal and laryngeal mucous membranes and to produce mydriasis without cycloplegia, and intravenously to maintain blood pressure during spinal and inhalation anesthesia, to treat vascular failure in drug-induced shock, shocklike states, and hypotension, to prolong spinal anesthesia, and to treat paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. It is also administered orally as a component of combination antihistaminic-decongestant preparations.

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