Direct-acting agonist: Plant alkaloids Flashcards
1
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Drugs
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Muscarine
Nicotine
Pilocarpine
2
Q
Nicotine - administration, indication and act on which receptor
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Oral (chewing gum) and transdermal
Smoking cessation
Nicotinic rcpt
3
Q
Which drug? Adverse effect: Miosis –> decrease night vision, decrease focus on distant objects
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Pilocarpine
4
Q
Pilocarpine - administration, indication and act on which receptor
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Oral and topical ocular
Acute angle-closure glaucoma, 2nd-line for chronic open-angle glaucoma and xerostomia
Muscarinic rcpt