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... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Carbamates > Bethanechol Compounds > Bethanechol
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Bethanechol Compounds > Bethanechol
... > Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Bethanechol Compounds > Bethanechol
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Ammonium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Bethanechol Compounds > Bethanechol

Preferred term

Bethanechol  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bethanecol

Scope note

  • A slowly hydrolyzing muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Bethanechol is generally used to increase smooth muscle tone, as in the GI tract following abdominal surgery or in urinary retention in the absence of obstruction. It may cause hypotension, HEART RATE changes, and BRONCHIAL SPASM.

History note

  • 95; was BETHANECHOL (NM) 1981-94; was heading 1964-67 (Prov)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018723

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