Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adrenergic drug, C9H13NO, that acts as a vasoconstrictor and is used as a nasal decongestant, bronchodilator, appetite suppressant, and mild stimulant.
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- noun pharmacology An
adrenergic drug use to relieveallergic reactions, to treatrespiratory infections and to suppress theappetite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections
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Examples
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A friend of ours recently got an email forward about the cold medicine ingredient phenylpropanolamine (and its unpleasant tendency to increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke in women), so she sent it to us for a little "mythbusting."
Help! This Email Says Various Cold Medicines Will Kill Me! - The Consumerist 2009
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A Yale University School of Medicine study found that phenylpropanolamine did increase the risk of stroke in women, prompting the FDA to ask drug makers to reformulate their products.
Help! This Email Says Various Cold Medicines Will Kill Me! - The Consumerist 2009
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As early as 1979, reports indicated the dangers of phenylpropanolamine, an ingredient in diet pills and cold remedies.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Back in 2000, we had to give up the old formula Dimetapp Elixir we used with our older kids because the phenylpropanolamine in it was linked to strokes in young women.
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As early as 1979, reports indicated the dangers of phenylpropanolamine, an ingredient in diet pills and cold remedies.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Further, he points out, chemically similar drugs like the decongestent phenylpropanolamine PPA and the dietary supplement Ephedra have already been pulled from the market for heart risk.
Cardiac CriticCardiologist Nissen Becomes More Outspoken On Safety 2006
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In a kitchen freezer agents found more than a kilogram of phenylpropanolamine solution.
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I In May of 1989 the Drug Enforcement Administration received information from a chemical company in Connecticut that a suspicious order had been received from "JAH Company," of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the chemical phenylpropanolamine.
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If you are using a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) or any other dietary supplement, prescription drug or over-the-counter drug containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine (ingredients found in certain allergy, asthma, cough/cold, and weight loss products).
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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The court heard Carey had been a courier carrying more than 17kg of the precursor phenylpropanolamine.
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