Autonomic Nervous System drugs Flashcards
INHIBIT THE PNS
CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONIST
drugs that blocks a response
Antagonist
drugs that produces a response
Agonist
Non-specific cholinergic effect, decreases CO, HR, BP, increase GI activity
Acetylcholine
Asthma/ COPD
Albuterol
Nasal decongestant
Pseudoephedrine
receives impulses, transmits through the spinal cord to effector organ cells
EFFERENT
influences one type of receptor
SELECTIVE
Has a catechol ring and amines
CATECHOLAMINES
Not as susceptible to AChE, used locally to constrict pupil and decrease IOP
Carbachol
INHIBIT THE PNS
CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONIST
Increase heart rate, force of contraction and conduction
Isoproterenol
has no catechol ring
NONCATECHOLAMINES
influences all receptors
NON-SELECTIVE
STIMULATE THE SNS
ADRENERGIC AGONIST