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How can a drug like midodrine that constricts some vessels and not all of them, can cause higher pressure on all vessels walls ??

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Midodrine: Midodrine raises blood pressure through the arterial tree. Thus all blood vessel walls will experience higher pressure of this general elevation of BP.

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Answered 8/11/2014

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Dr. M. Hytham Beck answered

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Constrictive: The medicine is used to treat hypotension mean low BP it act as you said as vasoconstrictor it does constrict major blood vessel to create higher BP

Answered 8/11/2014

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