(02) Stimulants

Question 1

1. 1. theophylline is used to treat feline asthma because of what? it is also a what?
2. What is responsible for for the toxic effect of chocolate in dogs?

this results from what?

3. What is a relatively short acting respiratory stimulant that should be used with caution?
4. What is rodenticide that causes convulsions and is characterized by extensor rigidity?

Answer 1

1. its ability to induce bronchiolar dilation; a cortical stimulant decreasing adenosine activity
2. theobromine

the antagonism of inhibitory adenosine receptors

3. doxapram
4. strychnine