Drug Summary

  Drug name:  oxymetazoline
  Chemical name:  Oxymetazoline hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₆H₂₄N₂O
  Weight:   260.3746
  CAS no:  1491-59-4
  DrugBank link:  DB00935
  Description:  A direct acting sympathomimetic used as a vasoconstrictor to relieve nasal congestion. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1251)
  Indication:  For treatment of nasal congestion and redness associated with minor irritations of the eye