You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is Advantage of desmopressin over vasopressin in the treatment of diabetes insipidus is that desmopressin: and explain in detail?
Desmopressin is selective agonist of V2 receptors of vasopressin. V2 receptors are present in kidney and on endothelium whereas V1 receptors are present in blood vessels. Therefore, -Desmopressin is less likely to cause vasoconstriction than vasopressin. -Desmopressin has similar risk of causing hyponatremia due to retention of water. -Desmopressin can release of factor VIII and vWF similar to vasopressin. -Both desmopressin and vasopressin can provide similar relief of excessive thirst.