Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards
Alpha 1 receptor agonists and usage (2)
Phenyphidrine
Oxymetazoline (ophthalmology)
Nasal decongestants
Alpha 1 receptor antagonists and usage (5)
Prazosin - HT Doxazosin Terazosin Tamulosin - prostatic hypertrophy Resperine
Alpha 2 receptor
Auto-inhibition
Meaning of auto-inhibition
When the substance binds to the receptor it is taken up, thus the effect will decrease.
Alpha 2 receptor agonists and usage
Clonidine - reduce BP
Methyldopa - BP in pregnancy
Alpha 2 receptor antagonists (3)
Mianserin
Phentolamine
Phenoxybenzamine
Beta 1 receptor agonists and usage
Dobutamine - cardiogenic shock
Beta 1 receptor antagonists
Atenolol
Propanolol - acute sinus bradycardia
Beta 2 receptor agonists and usage
Salbutamol
Terbutaline
Salmeterol
Bronchodilators
Stop labour
Beta 2 receptor antagonists
Propanolol
Reuptake inhibitors
Cocaine
TCA
Reuptake inhibitors side effects
CNS - euphoria, excitement
Tachycardia
Cardiac arrhythmias
Drugs interfering with catecholamine synthesis
Methyldopa
Alpha-methyltyrosine - phaeochromocytoma
Carbidopa
6-hydroxydopamine and MPTP - neurotoxins: destroy nerves after its taken up
Reserpine
Block NA take up into vesicles
Used as anti-hypertensive
Nicotinic receptor agonists
Nicotine
Lobeline