PSEUDOEPHEDRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pseudoephedrine mean? 

• PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (noun)
  The noun PSEUDOEPHEDRINE has 1 sense:

1. poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it

  Familiarity information: PSEUDOEPHEDRINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pseudoephedrine" is a kind of...):

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

 Context examples 

An oral combination preparation containing the antihistamine loratidine and the indirect-acting sympathicomimetic agent pseudoephedrine, with anti-allergic and decongestant activities.

(Loratadine/Pseudoephedrine, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination preparation containing guaifenesin and the indirect-acting sympathicomimetic agent pseudoephedrine with expectorant and decongestant activities, respectively.

(Guaifenesin/Pseudoephedrine, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the commercial combination preparations, by Novartis, containing a combination of any of the following agents: the analgesic antipyretic acetaminophen, an antihistamine (chlorpheniramine maleate or brompheniramine maleate), the expectorant guaifenesin, the antitussive dextromethorphan maleate and/or the decongestant pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

(Comtrex, NCI Thesaurus)

Pseudoephedrine displaces norepinephrine from storage vesicles in presynaptic neurons, thereby releasing norepinephrine into the neuronal synapses where it stimulates primarily alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nasal mucosa, thereby producing vasoconstriction, reduces swelling of nasal tissues and decreasing nasal and sinus congestion.

(Loratadine/Pseudoephedrine, NCI Thesaurus)

Pseudoephedrine displaces norepinephrine from storage vesicles in presynaptic neurons, thereby releasing norepinephrine into the neuronal synapses where it stimulates primarily alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nasal mucosa, thereby producing vasoconstriction, reduces swelling of nasal mucous membranes and decreasing nasal and sinus congestion.

(Guaifenesin/Pseudoephedrine, NCI Thesaurus)