ANS pharm

Question 1

Dobutamine

Answer 1

β-1 and α-1 agonist

Question 2

Dopamine

Answer 2

α and β agonist

Question 3

Norepinephrine

Answer 3

α and β-1 agonist

Question 4

Epinephrine

Answer 4

low dose – β-2 agonist

high dose – hits everything, esp α-1

Question 5

Isoproterenol

Answer 5

non-selective β agonist

Question 6

Clonidine

Answer 6

α-2 agonist

Question 7

Methyldopa

Answer 7

α-2 agonist

Question 8

Midodrine

Answer 8

α-1 agonist

Question 9

Carvedilol

Answer 9

α-1 selective and β non-selective antagonist

Question 10

Labetalol

Answer 10

β > α-1 antagonist

Question 11

Doxazosine

Answer 11

α-1 antagonist

Question 12

Metoprolol

Answer 12

β-1 antagonist

Question 13

Propanolol

Answer 13

non-selective β-antagonist

Question 14

Phentolamine

Answer 14

non-selective α antagonist

Question 15

Phenoxylbenzamine

Answer 15

non-selective α antagonist

Question 16

Atropine

Answer 16

non-selective muscarinic antagonist

Question 17

Pyridostigmine

Answer 17

reversible inhibitor of AChE

Question 18

What drug would you use for:

Bradycardia?

Answer 18

Isoproterenol

Question 19

What drug would you use for:

Chronic orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic insufficiency?

Answer 19

Midodrine

Question 20

What drug would you use for:

Acute hypotensive states?

Answer 20

Phenylephrine

Norepinephrine

Question 21

What drug would you use for:

Shock and heart failure

Answer 21

Dopamine

Question 22

What drug would you use for:

Acute heart failure

Answer 22

Dobutamine

Question 23

What drug would you use for:

reversal of vagal bradycardia?

Answer 23

Atropine

Question 24

What drug would you use for:

Treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 24

Pyridostigmine

Question 25

Which 'ol' drug is a selective β antagonist?

Answer 25

Metoprolol, β-1 antagonist

Question 26

Which two adrenergic antagonists have uses with pheychromocytomas?

Answer 26

Phenoxylbenzamine and Labetalol

Question 27

This drug is sometimes called a "false neurotransmitter" because it is taken up and released from vesicles.

Answer 27

Methyldopa

Question 28

This drug targets a-2 receptors in CNS brainstem to decrease sympathetic outflow.

Answer 28

Clonidine

Question 29

At high doses, this drug looks like epinephrine

Answer 29

Dopamine

Question 30

Are dobutamine and atropine used in cardiac stress testing?

Answer 30

yep

Question 31

This drug is a neurotransmitter used by most postganglionic adrenergic fibers.

Answer 31

Norepinephrine

Question 32

Does norepinephrine cause a decrease in heart rate due to baroreflex increase in vagal tone?

Answer 32

Yep

Question 33

Can abrupt cessation of Clonidine cause a rebound HTN?

Answer 33

Yep, that's unfortunate

Question 34

These two drugs are non-selective alpha antagonists

Answer 34

Phentolamine and Phenoxylbenzamine