Drug Summary

  Drug name:  mecamylamine
  Chemical name:  Mecamylamine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₁H₂₁N
  Weight:   167.2911
  CAS no:  60-40-2
  DrugBank link:  DB00657
  Description:  A nicotinic antagonist that is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Mecamylamine has been used as a ganglionic blocker in treating hypertension, but, like most ganglionic blockers, is more often used now as a research tool. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of moderately severe to severe essential hypertension and in uncomplicated cases of malignant hypertension