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trade name: Diapid; drug class: pituitary hormone; action: promotes reabsorption of water by action on collecting ducts in kidney; decreases urine excretion; uses: non-nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
lypressin
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An antidiuretic and vasopressor substance obtained from the pituitary glands of swine.
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A synthetic preparation of lysine vasopressin used as an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor in the treatment of diabetes insipidus due to deficiency of endogenous posterior pituitary antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin).
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an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus
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