De Martindale beschrijft het volgende: “Sympathomimetics such as ephedrine, phenylephrine, naphazoline, oxymetazole and xylometazoline can be used topically as nasal drops or sprays. These such as pseudoephedrine are given orally”.
Pseudoephedrine is a direct- and indirect-acting sympathomimetic
(p.1408). It is a stereoisomer of ephedrine
(p.1558) and has a similar action, but has been tated to have less pressor activity and …