| Involvement of potassium channels in spinal antinociceptions induced by fentanyl, clonidine and bethanechol in rats. |
| Licensed primarily as an antihypertensive, clonidine shares some pharmacological effects with bupropion and tricyclic antidepressants. |
| Similarly, opiate withdrawal-related LC hyperactivity could be turned off by clonidine, and that inhibition reversed by yohimbine or piperoxane. |
| Movement disorders other than spasticity are often treated with different oral medications such as clonidine, trihexyphenidyl or carbidopa-levodopa. |
| Zipes and his associates recently analyzed the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of intrathecal clonidine, another novel therapy for chronic pain. |
| As an antihypertensive, drowsiness is a common side effect of clonidine. |
