Methoxamine

Methoxamine, sold under the brand names Vasoxine, Vasoxyl, and Vasylox among others, is a sympathomimetic medication used as an antihypotensive agent.

[4][additional citation(s) needed] The long duration of action of methoxamine has been said to have rendered it obsolete in modern clinical practice.

[2] Phenylephrine is 5 to 10 times more potent than methoxamine and has a 3-fold higher maximal effect.

[3] It is somewhat similar in chemical structure to those of desglymidodrine (3,6-dimethoxy-β-hydroxyphenethylamine), dimetofrine (3,5-dimethoxy-4,β-dihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine), 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (2,5-DMA), and butaxamine ((1S,2S)-3,6-dimethoxy-β-hydroxy-N-tert-butylamphetamine).

[4] The drug has been sold under brand names including Idasal, Mexan, Pressomin, Vasosterol, Vasoxine, Vasoxyl, and Vasylox.