An inhibitor of the enzyme TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE, and consequently of the synthesis of catecholamines. It is used to control the symptoms of excessive sympathetic stimulation in patients with PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
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alpha Methyltyrosine — alpha-Methyl-p-tyrosine — alpha Methyl p tyrosine — alpha-Methyl-para-tyrosine — alpha Methyl para tyrosine — alpha-MPT — alpha MPT — Demser — alpha-Methyltyrosine Hydrochloride — alpha Methyltyrosine Hydrochloride — Hydrochloride, alpha-Methyltyrosine — Metyrosine — Metirosine — alpha-Methyltyrosine, (L)-Isomer — Racemetirosine — DL-Tyrosine, alpha-methyl- — alpha-methyl- DL-Tyrosine — alpha-Methyltyrosine, (D,L)-Isomer — alpha-Methyltyrosine, (+,-)-Isomer