Whats the difference between vasopressin and desmopressin?
Desmopressin is chemically related to a natural hormone, vasopressin, which is produced in the body by the pituitary gland It is used to supplement vasopressin which is produced within insufficient quantities by patients with diabetes insipidus. Desmopressin mimics the action of vasopressin on the kidneys which results contained by concentration of the urine and hence normal urine volume and flow. Desmopressin is relatively specific in its action on the kidney so that it have little or no vasopressin-like activity elsewhere in the body. This medicine can also be deliver into the nostril (and therefore close to the pituitary gland) from where it is well occupied into the circulation. When taken in tablet form, a relatively large amount of Desmopressin is destroyed in the stomach and formerly it is absorbed into the circulation.
