Nervous System Drugs - Classes Flashcards
Cyclobenzaprine
Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
Structurally related to TCAs, similar anticholinergic side effects
Propofol
IV anesthetic
Potentiates GABAa
Benztropine
Antimuscarinic: Improves tremor and rigidity but has little effect on bradykinesia in Parkinson disease
Rocuronium
Non-depolarizing NM blocking drug:
Competitive antagonists (compete with ACh for receptors)
Reversal: Neostigmine, edrophonium, other AChE inhibitors (must be given with atropine to prevent muscarinic effects such as bradycardia)
Secobarbital
Bariturate: Faciliate GABAa action by increasing duration of Cl channel opening, thus decreasing neuron firing
Tacrine
AChE inhibitor
Alzheimer disease drug
Dantrolene
Prevents release of Ca2+ from SR of skeletal muscle by binding to the ryanodine receptor
Uses:
Malignant hyperthermia
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
Amantadine
Increases DA release and decreases DA reuptake
Parkinson drug
Loperamide
Act as agonists at opioid receptors to modulate synaptic transmission - open K+ channels, close Ca2+ channels → decrease synaptic transmission
Inhibit release of:
- ACh
- NE
- 5-HT
- Glutamate
- Substance P
Butorphanol
k-opioid receptor agonist
mu-opioid receptor partial agonist
Produces analgesia
Isoflurane
Inhaled anesthetic
Cocaine
Local anesthetic
Ester (one eyed ester)
Thiopental
Bariturate: Faciliate GABAa action by increasing duration of Cl channel opening, thus decreasing neuron firing
IV anesthetic (induction of anesthesia)
Eszopiclone
Non-BDZ hypnotic:
Act via BZ1 subtype of the GABA receptor
Effects reversed by flumazenil
Sleep cycle less affected as compared with BDZs
Sumatriptan
5-HT1B/1D agonist:
Inhibits trigeminal nerve activation
Prevent vasoactive peptide release
Induce vasoconstriction
Zaleplon
Non-BDZ hypnotic:
Act via BZ1 subtype of the GABA receptor
Effects reversed by flumazenil
Sleep cycle less affected as compared with BDZs
Tetracaine
Local anesthetic
Ester (one eyed ester)
Riluzole
Decreases glutamate excitotoxicity via an unclear mechanism
Treatment for ALS (modestly improves survival)
Chlordiazepoxide
Benzodiazepine: Facilitate GABAa action by increasing frequency of Cl channel opening
Desflurane
Inhaled anesthetic
Tubocurarine
Non-depolarizing NM blocking drug:
Competitive antagonists (compete with ACh for receptors)
Reversal: Neostigmine, edrophonium, other AChE inhibitors (must be given with atropine to prevent muscarinic effects such as bradycardia)
Rivastigmine
AChE inhibitor
Alzheimer disease drug
Morphine
Act as agonists at opioid receptors to modulate synaptic transmission - open K+ channels, close Ca2+ channels → decrease synaptic transmission
Inhibit release of:
- ACh
- NE
- 5-HT
- Glutamate
- Substance P
Fentanyl
Opioid: Used with other CNS depressants during general anesthesia
Zolpidem
Non-BDZ hypnotic:
Act via BZ1 subtype of the GABA receptor
Effects reversed by flumazenil
Sleep cycle less affected as compared with BDZs
Codeine
Act as agonists at opioid receptors to modulate synaptic transmission - open K+ channels, close Ca2+ channels → decrease synaptic transmission
Inhibit release of:
- ACh
- NE
- 5-HT
- Glutamate
- Substance P
Galantamine
AChE inhibitor
Alzheimer disease drug
Methadone
Act as agonists at opioid receptors to modulate synaptic transmission - open K+ channels, close Ca2+ channels → decrease synaptic transmission
Inhibit release of:
- ACh
- NE
- 5-HT
- Glutamate
- Substance P
Donepezil
AChE inhibitor
Alzheimer disease drug
Trihexyphenidyl
Antimuscarinic: Improves tremor and rigidity but has little effect on bradykinesia in Parkinson disease