Evaluation of a Nasal Decongestant
Abstract
Oxymetazoline hydrochloride, a recently introduced nasal decongestant of the imidazoline group (eg, naphazoline hydrochloride, tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride), represents a minor molecular modification of xylometazoline hydrochloride (New Drugs 1965, p 213). Its pharmacological and clinical actions are similar to those of the other imidazolines. The available data do not indicate that the effects of oxymetazoline, including its adverse reactions, are essentially different than those...