Comparison of the circulatory and metabolic effects of isoproterenol, epinephrine and methoxamine in normal and asthmatic subjects.

Adult Animals Asthma/drug therapy,etiology,metabolism Blood Glucose/analysis Blood Pressure/drug effects Cardiac Output/drug effects Epinephrine/metabolism,pharmacology Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood Female Heart Rate/drug effects Hemodynamics/drug effects Humans Infusions, Parenteral Insulin/blood Isoproterenol/metabolism,pharmacology Methoxamine/metabolism,pharmacology Mice Middle Aged Receptors, Drug Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology Sympatholytics/physiology Vascular Resistance/drug effects

Blood Glucose Fatty Acids, Nonesterified Insulin Receptors, Drug Sympatholytics Methoxamine Isoproterenol Epinephrine