Autonomic Nervous System drugs

Question 1

USE: Cardiac arrest; asthma

Answer 1

Epinephrine

Question 2

USE: BPH - Urinary relief

Answer 2

Tamsulosin, Alfuzosin

Question 3

USE: Asthma/COPD

Answer 3

Albuterol

Question 4

USE: Hypertension

Answer 4

Prazosin, Terazosin
Phentolamine, Phenoxytemzamine

Question 5

USE: Increase heart rate, force of contraction and conduction

Answer 5

Isoproterenol, Dobutamine

Question 6

USE: Nasal Decongestant

Answer 6

Pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine

Question 7

USE: Hypertension, Angina, Migraine

Answer 7

Propanolol (1st gen)

Question 8

USE: Overdose of Atropine

Answer 8

Physotigmine

Question 9

USE: Alzheimer’s disease to improve cognitive function

Answer 9

Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Galantamine

Question 10

USE: Diagnosis of MG

Answer 10

Endrophonium

Question 11

USE: Hypertension (2nd gen)

Answer 11

Atenolol, Metoprolol

Question 12

USE: Decrease CO, HR for patient with heart block

Answer 12

Pindolol

Question 13

USE: Symptoms of MG, reverse effect of anesthesia

Answer 13

Neostigmine, Pyridistigmine

Question 14

USE: Non-specific cholinergic effect, decreases CO, HR, BP, increase GI activity.

Answer 14

Acetycholine

Question 15

USE: Glaucoma, decrease intraocular pressure

Answer 15

Timolol (1st gen)

Question 16

USE: Constricts pupil, decrease IOP for acute glaricoma

Answer 16

Pilocarpine

Question 17

USE: Hypertension - with vasodilation

Answer 17

Carvedilol, Labetalol

Question 18

USE: Increase muscle tone in bladder and GIT

Answer 18

Bethanecol

Question 19

USE: Not as susceptible to AChE, used locally to constrict pupil and decrease IOP

Answer 19

Carbachol

Question 20

USE: Bradycardia, anti-cholinesterase poisoning, preoperatively to diminish secretions and block cardiac vagal reflexes, antimuscarinic

Answer 20

Atropine