Pirenzepine

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antiulcer drug, benzodiazepine

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• Reduction of clozapine-induced hypersalivation by pirenzepine is safe.
• Gastric cytoprotection by pirenzepine is not mediated by catecholamines.
• In addition, pirenzepine is generally less potent and, to achieve a significant effect, a 6mm strip of pirenzepine gel (2%) had to be placed in the cul de sac every evening.
• PURPOSE: Pirenzepine is suggested to be a relatively selective muscarinic (M(1)) antagonist and is currently under investigation for the treatment of myopia.
• ANTIMUSCARINIC AGENTS P IRENZEPINE Pirenzepine is a selective M 4 muscarinic antagonist used mainly in the treatment of gastric ulcers 11 .

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