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Cholinergic And Anticholinergic Drugs Flashcards

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Cholinergic agonists types

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  • Direct-acting cholinoreceptor stimulants

* Indirect-acting cholinomimetics (inhibit destruction of ACh)

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Direct-acting cholinomimetic agonists

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  • Cholinesters

* Cholinergic alkaloids

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Cholinesters examples

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ACh, methacholine, carbachol, betachol

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Cholinergic alkaloids

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Pilocarpine, arecoline, muscadine

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Cholinesters therapeutic uses

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  • GI disorders: Bethanechol for paralytic ileus, congenital megacolon
  • Urinary bladder disorders - neurogenic bladder
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Alkaloid therapeutic uses

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  • Xerostomia: orally for Sjögrand’s and head and neck radiation
  • Glaucoma: decrease IOP
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Cholinergic agonists adverse effects

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  • Abdominal cramps, belching
  • Flushing, syncope, sweating
  • Bronchospasm
  • Hypotension, bradycardia, heart block
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Cholinergic agonists contraindications

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  • Asthma
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Coronary insufficiency
  • Peptic ulcer
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Mushroom poisoning sources

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  • Inocybe, clitocybe: muscarine

* Amanita Muscaria: muscimol, ibotenic acid

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Mushroom poisoning symptoms

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  • Salivation
  • Lacrimation
  • Vomiting
  • Headache
  • Colic
  • Diarrhoea
  • Bronchospasm
  • Hypotension
  • Shock
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MOA of anti-cholinesterases

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Anti-ChE agents cause accumulation of ACh at ALL sites of Cholinergic transmission

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Myasthenia Gravis medication

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  • Edrophonium: for diagnosis
  • Pyridostigmine: longer acting, preferred in patients whose muscles are weak on wakening
  • Neostigmine: poorly absorbed, lasts 4h, no CNS action, atropine given tgt
  • Distigmine: longest acting (SE: Cholinergic crisis)
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Alzheimer’s disease medication

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  • Tacrine
  • Donepezil
  • Rivastigmine
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Intoxication by anticholinergic drugs medication

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• Physostigmine

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Reversal of non-depolarising NMB in anaesthesia

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• Physostigmine

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Acute glaucoma medication

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  • Pilocarpine

* Physostigmine

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Adverse effects of anti-cholinesterases

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  • Increased muscarinic effects
  • Depolarising block
  • Cholinergic crisis
  • CNS: stimulation followed by inhibition (confusion, drowsiness, convulsion, coma)
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Treatment of anti-ChE poisoning (organophosphate insecticide

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  • Termination of exposure, removal of clothing, washing contaminated skin, gastric lavage
  • Maintenance of patient airway
  • Control of muscarinic effects: atropine
  • Cholinesterase reactivators: oximes
  • Supportive measures: oxygen
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Atropine dosage

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  • initial 2-4mg, repeated every 5 mins
  • May need 100 ampoules
  • Maintained for >72hours
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Pralidoxime (PAM)

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  • 1-2g IV over 5 mins, may repeat after 1 hour
  • Drug will reactive AChE enzyme, hasten recovery (most marked in NMJ)
  • Metabolised in liver, excreted in urine
  • Diacetyl monoxime (DAM) is an alternative
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Anticholinergic drugs classification

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Muscarinic antagonist

Nicotinic antagonist

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Muscarinic antagonist classification

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  • Natural alkaloids

* Synthetic derivatives

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Nicotinic antagonists classification

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  • Neuro-muscular blockers

* Ganglion blocking agents

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Anti-muscarinic alkaloids

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  • Atropine

* Scopolamine

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Muscarinic antagonists synthetic derivatives

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  • Homatropine

* Ipratropium

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Nicotinic antagonists NMB examples

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  • Tubocurarine

* Vecuronium

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Nicotinic antagonists ganglion blocking agents examples

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  • Mecamylamine

* Trimethaptan

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Source of anti-muscarinic alkaloids

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  • Atropine: Atropa belladonna, Datura stramonium

* Scopolamine: Hyocyamus niger

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MOA of anti-muscarinics

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  • Compete with ACh for common binding site on muscarinic receptors, prevent muscarinic actions
  • No blockade of Nicotinic receptors
  • Atropine: little CNS action, Scopolamine: marked central effects
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Effect of anti-muscarinics on CVS

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  • Tachycardia: increased HR
  • No change to BP
  • Treatment of bradycardia due to MI or organophosphate poisoning
  • SE: palpitation
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Effect of anti-muscarinics on eye

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• Action: mydriasis, cycloplegia
• Uses: thorough examination of retina, optic disc
Therapy of iridocyclitis, keratitis
Alternated with miotics for breaking and preventing development of adhesion btwn iris and lens
• SE: photophobia, blurred vision, precipitation of glaucoma

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Effect of anti-muscarinics on GIT

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  • Decreased salivary secretion (treat sialorrhoea) (M3)
  • Decreased gastric secretion (M1), mucin, proteolytic enzyme secretion
  • useful for pre-anaesthetic medication, treatment of diarrhoea, acute pancreatitis
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Effect of anti-muscarinics on GI motility

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• Action: prolonged inhibition of motility in stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon
reduced tone and amplitude of contractions
• Uses: intestinal colic, diarrhoea, IBS, diverticulitis
Facilitate endoscopy, GI radiology
• SE: constipation

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Effect of anti-muscarinics on respiratory tract

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  • Action: Decreased secretion in both upper and lower respiratory tract
  • Uses: relieve acute rhinitis (coryza or hay fever), relax bronchial smooth muscle (bronchial asthma, COPD) (Ipratropium)
  • SE: viscid material hard to remove, can block airway, predispose to infection
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Effect of anti-muscarinics on respiratory tract (smooth muscle contraction)

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  • Action: Inhibit smooth muscle contraction in larynx and bronchioles
  • Uses: prevent laryngospasm and bronchospasm in anaesthesia
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Effect of anti-muscarinics on Genito-urinary tract

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  • Action: Relax smooth muscle contraction
  • Uses: renal colic (opioids), biliary colic, ureteric colic, enuresis in children (tolterodine), reduce urinary frequency in spastic paraplegia
  • SE: urinary retention
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Atropine in CNS

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  • Benztropine, benzhexol: control of tremor in Parkinsonism
  • Scopolamine: prevention of motion sickness
  • SE: dizziness, light-headedness, fatigue
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Atropine other uses

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  • Treatment of mushroom poisoning, organophosphate insecticide poisoning, exposure to chemical warfare agents (sarin)
  • Myasthenia Gravis: used with Neostigmine
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Ganglion stimulating agents

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  • Nicotine, Lobeline, TMA

* Stimulates CNS

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Ganglion blocking agents examples

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  • Hexamethonium
  • Mecamylamine
  • Trimethaphan
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Ganglion blocking agents effects

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  • Blockade of sympathetic ganglia (vasodilation, hypotension, venous pooling, decreased cardiac output)
  • Blockade of parasympathetic ganglia (atropine like effects on heart, eye, urinary bladder, salivary glands)
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Ganglion blocking agents therapeutic uses

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  • Acute hypertensive crisis

* Autonomic hyperreflexia

43
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Pyridostigmine use

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Myasthenia gravis

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Succinylcholine use

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Neuromuscular block (eg. tracheal intubation)

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Pilocarpine use

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Acute narrow angle glaucoma

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Atropine use

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Pre-anaesthetic medication, organophosphate insecticide poisoning, mushroom poisoning, eye examination

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Benztropine use

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Parkinsonism

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Scopolamine use

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Motion sickness

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Tubocurarine use

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NMB (Nicotinic block)

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