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  • noun A vasopressor/antihypotensive agent.

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Examples

  • Food and Drug Administration representative Sandy Walsh said in an emailed statement that the agency will continue to allow access to ProAmatine, also known as midodrine, "while the necessary data is collected and the legal issues get sorted out."

    A Georgia Lawyer 2010

  • Food and Drug Administration representative Sandy Walsh said in an emailed statement that the agency will continue to allow access to ProAmatine, also known as midodrine, "while the necessary data is collected and the legal issues get sorted out."

    A Georgia Lawyer 2010

  • Shire has 15 days to request a hearing and drug companies that produce a generic versions of the drug, called midodrine hydrochloride, have 30 days to submit written comments on the withdrawal proposal.

    Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010

  • The Food and Drug Administration said Monday the drug midodrine, which is used to treat low blood pressure, should be withdrawn from the market because no follow-up studies have been done to show it has clinical benefits.

    Turkish Press 2010

  • Food and Drug Administration representative Sandy Walsh said in an emailed statement that the agency will continue to allow access to ProAmatine, also known as midodrine, "while the necessary data is collected and the legal issues get sorted out."

    TheState.com: Homepage 2010

  • Food and Drug Administration representative Sandy Walsh said in an emailed statement that the agency will continue to allow access to ProAmatine, also known as midodrine, "while the necessary data is collected and the legal issues get sorted out."

    Top Nation/World Headlines 2010

  • Blood pressure and heart medicines: Alpha andrenergics such as midodrine (one brand:

    Berks county news 2009

  • The FDA later approved ProAmatine in its generic form, midodrine hydrochloride, which is made by five other companies including Mylan Pharmaceuticals.

    FDA Proposes To Remove Shire Drug From Market 2010

  • Although not always needed, certain drugs can help control symptoms, among them beta-blockers, which lower the heart rate; midodrine, which constricts outlying blood vessels; fludrocortisone, which increases salt retention and blood volume; and antidepressants that raise serotonin levels in the brain.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • MEDICATIONS Although not always needed, certain drugs can help control symptoms, among them beta-blockers, which lower the heart rate; midodrine, which constricts outlying blood vessels; fludrocortisone, which increases salt retention and blood volume; and antidepressants that raise serotonin levels in the brain.

    NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011

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