02 Autonomic Nervous System Drugs Flashcards
This is the master controller of most of activities in our body.
Nervous system
This is the type of neurons which receives impulses, transmits through spinal cord through the spinal cord to effector organ cells.
Efferent
This neurons send impulses to CNS.
Afferent
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the action of drugs on the nervous system.
Neuropharmacology
This is a component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal.
Autonomic Nervous System
This is a component of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of the body movements via the use of skeletal muscles
Somatic Nervous System
fight-or-flight
Sympathetic NS
rest and digest
Parasympathetic NS
This is the idea of drugs act through
receptors by binding to
the receptors to initiate a
response or prevent a
response.
Receptor theory
Drugs that produces a response
Agonist
Drugs that blocks a response
Antagonist
It is when autonomic drugs are given, the goal is not to treat an autonomic disorder, it is to correct disorders of target organs through
autonomic nerves
Pharmacologic effect
The therapeutic use of this drug is for cardiac arrest and asthma.
Epinephrine
This drug is for Asthma/COP
Albuterol
Useful for treating mild to moderate
hypertension, angina pectoris and
myocardial infarction
Beta blockers
Bradycardia, anti-cholinesterase poisoning, preoperatively to diminish secretions and block cardiac vagal reflexes, antimuscarinic
Atropine
Increase production of neurotransmitters
Nicotine
This drug increases heart rate, force of contraction in heart failure, shock.
Dobutamine
This drug increases heart rate, force of contraction and conduction
Isoproterenol
This drug is for nasal decongestant.
Pseudoephedrine or
phenylephrine
