FDN Exam 4: Drugs Flashcards
Antidote to opioid toxicity? What does it do?
Naloxone (Narcan)
Blocks opiod receptors
Scopolamine
Muscarinic AChR antagonist
Atropine and scopolamine are from the Belladonna plant. Used to dilate pupils. Effect is long-lasting and shorter-acting drugs are now in use
Use for motion sickness
Diisopropyl fluorophosphaste (DFP)
Organophosphate (OP)
Insecticide/nerve gas
Irreversible ACh esterase inhibitor
What does sympathomimetic mean?
producing physiological effects characteristic of the sympathetic nervous system by promoting the stimulation of sympathetic nerves
Name five muscarinic agonists
- Acetylcholine
- Methacholine
- Bethanechol
- Muscarine
- Pilocarpine
Dobutamine
Sympathomimetic
Beta1- and some alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist activity
Increases contractility, HR, and CO
Isoproterenol
Sympathomimetic
Non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor agonist
Overall increase HR, decrease in peripheral resistance, and little to no change in BP
Bethanechol
Muscarinic AChR agonist
Not metabolized
Used to increase urinary voiding
What drug is used to test for myasthina gravis?
Edrophonium
Dopamine
Sympathomimetic
Mixed action; agonist at dopamine, beta 1, alpha 1 and 2
increased contractility and HR at moderate dose, increases CO at high dose
Causes vasodilation in kidney
What two reversible ACh esterase inhibitors are used to treat Alzheimer’s disease?
Donepezil and galantamine (they both enter the CNS!)
Galantamine
Reversible ACh esterase inhibitor (weak)
Enters CNS; used for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Hexamethonium
Nicotinic ganglionic blocker
no CNS penetration; charged molecule
Once used as an antihypertensive but too much side effects
Methacholine
Metabolized slowly; muscarinic AChR agonist
Used as a diagnostic test for asthma. If administered and the patient is still wheezing then you know the asthma is due to a cholinergic receptor issue
Methacholine
Muscarinic agonist
Metabolized slowly; used to test bronchial reactivity/asthma - if the patient still wheezes after taking then you know a cholinergic effect is causing the asthma
What is a “quick fix” for opioid overdose?
Naloxone (Narcan) - opioid receptor antagonist
Mecamylamine
Nicotinic ganglionic blocker
Blocks CNS effects of nicotine (aka gets into the CNS)
Atropine
Muscarinic AChR antagonist
Atropine and scopolamine are from the Belladonna plant. Used to dilate pupils. Effect is long-lasting and shorter-acting drugs are now in use
Can also be used in the treatment of organophosphate poisioning (stops the slowing of the heart & CNS effects)
What drug is used to treat organophosphate posioning?
Pralidoxime (PAM)
Edrophonium
Reversible ACh esterase inhibitor
Short acting, used to test for myasthenia gravis
Muscarine
Muscarinic agonist
No clinical usage
Fab fragments treats what kind of toxicity?
Digoxin
Phenoxybenzamine
Sympatholytic
Irreversible, non-selective alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist
Decreases upright BP & peripheral resistance
baroreceptor reflex increases HR and blood volume
What is a “quick fix” for hypoglycemia?
Dextrose
Ipratropium (Atrovent)
Muscarinic AChR antagonist
Bronchodilator
Given as an inhaled aerosol; charged molecule stays in the lung limiting systemic effects