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Estimulantes - Overview

Overview

Definición:

Los estimulantes son medicamentos que aumentan la frecuencia cardiaca, la frecuencia respiratoria y la función cerebral. Algunos estimulantes afectan solamente un órgano específico como el corazón, los pulmones, el cerebro o el sistema nervioso.

Algunos medicamentos se administran por su efecto estimulante. Por ejemplo, la epinefrina se administra durante un paro cardíaco para hacer que el corazón palpite.

Otras veces, los estimulantes pueden causar efectos secundarios indeseables. Por ejemplo, la seudoefedrina, que se encuentra en algunos medicamentos para los resfriados, puede aumentar la frecuencia cardíaca.

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Reviewed last on: 2/17/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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