Objective: To evaluate literature reporting on the role of norepinephrine in alcohol withdrawal and to determine the safety and efficacy of α 2-agonists ... a different mechanism of action ...

The mechanism of the drug's beneficial effect on cardiovascular disease remains to be determined. Recently, timed-release bromocriptine (Cycloset), a sympatholytic dopamine D 2 receptor agonist ...

Both compounds can be distinguished from typical D 2 agonists, however, because they do not cause behavioral signs associated with activation of either normosensitive or supersensitive ...