ANS drug categories Flashcards
1
Q
What drugs act on the cholinergic nerve terminal?
A
Botulinum toxin
- affects SNARE proteins and blocks ACh release
2
Q
What drugs act on AChE?
A
edrophonium
pyridostigmine
3
Q
What drugs act on nAChR?
A
acetylcholine
succinylcholine
tubocurarine chloride (d-tubocurarine)
4
Q
What drug counteracts succinylcholine-induced malignant hyperthermia?
A
Dantrolene
5
Q
What drugs act as mAChR agonist?
A
acetylcholine
cevimeline
methacholine
6
Q
What drugs act as mAChR antagonist?
A
atropine
darifenacin
7
Q
What drugs act on the adrenergic nerve terminal?
A
ephedrine methyldopa (alpha methyldopa)
8
Q
What drugs act as adrenergic agonists?
A
albuterol clonidine dobutamine dopamine epinephrine isoproterenol midodrine phenylephrine
9
Q
What drugs act as adrenergic antagonists?
A
carvedilol metoprolol phentolamine prazosin propranolol