Autonomic Nervous System drugs Flashcards
It controls and regulates the heart (how fast will it contract, cardiac muscles), GI, respiratory system, bladder, eyes, and glands
a. Autonomic Nervous System
b. Central Nervous System
c. Parasympathetic
d. Sympathetic
a. Autonomic Nervous System
The cell that receives the neurotransmitter
Postsynaptic cell
drugs act through receptors by binding to the receptors to initiate a response or prevent a response.
Receptor Theory
It is a drug that produces a response
a. Antagonist
b. Agonist
c. Andrenergic agonist
d. Andrenergic Agonist
b. Agonist
It is a drug that blocks a response
a. Antagonist
b. Agonist
c. Andrenergic agonist
d. Andrenergic Agonist
a. Antagonist
It is the kind of effect when Autonomic drugs are given, the goal is not to treat an autonomic disorder, it is to correct disorders of target organs through autonomic nerves
Pharmacologic Effect
Adrenergic Agonist creates what kind of response?
“Fight or Flight response”
It degrade the effects of your sympathetic nervous system that it will stop the effects called sympatholytic
Adrenergic Antagonist
Selective influences _____ type of receptor
a. One receptor
b. two or more
c. All receptors
a. One receptor
Non-selective influences ____ receptors. Affects ____ receptors.
a. One receptor
b. two or more
c. All receptors
c. All receptors
It mimics the parasympathetic neurotransmitter acetylcholine
a.Pilocarpine
b. Indirect Acting Reversible
c. Direct Acting
d. Cholinergic Agonist
d. Cholinergic Agonist
Type of acting that is unable to enter acetylcholinesterase at the receptor site
a. Indirect Acting Reversible
b. Direct Acting
c. Mixed Acting
a. Indirect Acting Reversible
Type of drug that has a therapeutic use for constricts pupil, decrease IOP for acute glaucoma
Pilocarpine
An increase in the HR of 20 beats/minute or more from supine to standing indicates_____?
Orthostatic hypotension
IM route usually affects how many hours of duration?
a. short
b. unknown
c. within 5mins
d. 1-4 hours
d. 1-4 hours
