2. Autonomic drugs - Antidyslipidemic Flashcards
DOA acetylcholine
5-30 s
rapidly hydrolyzed by Ache
used as a miotic during ocular surgery
acetylcholine
used for bladder and bowel atony (post surgery or spinal cord injury)
betanechol
cholinomimetic
resistant from Ache
betanechol
carbachol use
glaucoma as a miotic
cholinomimetic
muscarinic
act on M receptors only
Betanechol
m3 selective
cevimeline
used in glaucoma, Sjogren syndrome, Sicca syndrome
Pilocarpine, Cevimeline
what is sjogren syndrome
xerostoma dry mouth
xerophthalmia dry eyes
rheumatoid arthritis
cholinomimetic direct acting
nicotinic
nicotine
vaernicline
used for smoking cessation
varenicline
nicotine
side effect of varenicline and nicotine
generalized ganglionic stimulation : hypertension tachycardia nausea vomiting diarrhea
overdose of nicotine and varenicline leads to
convulsions, paralysis and coma
DOA
nicotine
1-6 hours
varenicline
DOA
12- 24 hours
nicotinic CNS toxicity
stimulation (convulsions) followed by CNS depression
direct acting cholinomimetics
nicotine varenicline betanechol carbachol acetylcholine pilocarpine cevimeline (M3 selective)
indirect acting cholinomimetics
edrophonium neostigmine pyridostigmine physostigmine ambenonium demecarium (carbamates) echothiophate malathion parathion
DOA of malathion and parathion
7-30 days
used for tensilon test (Myasthenia gravis)
edrophonium
DOA of edrophonium
5-15 mins
treatment of myasthenia gravis
neostigmine
used to differentiate cholinergic crisis and myasthenic crisis
edrophonium
DOA of edrophonium
5-15 mins