[Imidazoline receptors and use of drug blocking receptors I1]

Imidazoline-preferring receptors are important in the pathophysiology of hypertension. The selective l1-receptor agonists are moxonidine, cimetidine and rilmenidine. Some clinical studies indicate the usefulness of moxonidine therapy in hypertension, arrhythmias and acute myocardial infarction.