Iodocyanopindolol (

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) is a drug related to

pindolol Pindolol, sold under the brand name Visken among others, is a nonselective beta blocker which is used in the treatment of hypertension.Drugs.coInternational brand names for pindolol Page accessed Sept 4, 2015 It is also an antagonist of the se ...

which acts as both a β₁ adrenoreceptor

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and a 5-HT_1A receptor antagonist. Its ¹²⁵I

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derivative has been widely used in mapping the distribution of beta adrenoreceptors in the body.

References

5-HT1A antagonists Beta blockers Iodoarenes Indoles Nitriles N-tert-butyl-phenoxypropanolamines {{Antihypertensive-stub