Oxymetazoline

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oxymetazoline is a selective alpha-1 agonist and partial alpha-2 agonist topical decongestant, used in the form of Oxymetazoline hydrochloride, in products such as Afrin, Dristan, Nasivin, Logicin, Vicks Sinex, Visine L.R., Sudafed OM, and Zicam. It was developed from Xylometazoline at E.Merck Darmstadt by Fruhstorfer in 1961 (German Patent 1,117,588). Oxymetazoline is generally available as a nasal spray. Oxymetazoline is available over-the-counter as a topical decongestant in the form of oxymetazoline hydrochloride in nasal sprays such as Afrin, Sudafed OM, Dristan, Dimetapp, Vicks Sinex, and Mucinex Full Force.