Orally active postganglionic sympathetic inhibitor. Prepn: W. R. Hardie, J. E. Aaron, ZA 6706328; eidem, US 3547951 (1968, 1970 both to Cutter). Antihypertensive activity: L. Hansson et al., Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 14, 204 (1973). In vitro adrenergic neuron blocking activity: L. Roller, Aust. J. Pharm. Sci. 5, 35 (1976). Pharmacologic study: E. M. Johnson, F. E. Hunter, Biochem. Pharmacol. 28, 1525 (1979). Effect on patients with thyrotoxicosis: S. Rubenfeld et al., Arch. Intern. Med. 138, 1106 (1978). Review of pharmacology and efficacy in hypertension: F. A. Finnerty Jr., R. N. Brogden, Drugs 30, 22-31 (1985).
Antihypertensive.
Antihypertensive; Guanidine Derivatives