What is vasopressin? Vasopressin is used to raise blood pressure in adults with life-threatening low blood pressure when other treatments have not worked. Vasopressin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Mammalian vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH) [5], arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, [6] is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, [7] and is converted to AVP.
Vasopressin, also known as arginine vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is a natural substance primarily synthesized in the hypothalamus in the brain. Vasopressin regulates the body's fluid and electrolyte (osmotic) balance, blood pressure, sodium levels and kidney function.
Vasopressin achieves vasoconstriction by activating the V1a receptor on vascular smooth muscle cells [1]. Additionally, it interacts with V1b and V2 receptors [1]. The V1b receptors are found in the anterior pituitary gland and pancreas, where they stimulate the secretion of cortisol and insulin [1].
Vasopressin, hormone that plays a key role in maintaining osmolality (the concentration of dissolved particles, such as salts and glucose, in the serum) and therefore in maintaining the volume of water in the extracellular fluid (the fluid space that surrounds cells).
Vasopressin is a hormone involved in metabolism, reproduction, and homeostasis. Learn about natural production and synthetic injections.
Vasopressin: bioactive neuroendocrine nonapeptide; endogenously produced by the magnocellular neurone cell bodies of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the posterior hypothalamus
Vasopressin injection is also used to prevent and treat abdominal or stomach distension that occurs after surgery. It is also used in abdominal or stomach roentgenography.