As nouns the difference between vasodilator and diazoxide
is that vasodilator is (pharmacology) a drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure while diazoxide is a potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.
vasodilator
Noun
(
en noun)
(pharmacology) A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure.
See also
* ACE inhibitor
diazoxide
English
Noun
(
-)
(
wikipedia diazoxide)
A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.