Pharm - Adrenergic/Cholinergic Effects, Movement Disorders, Analgesia Flashcards
Adrenergic pathway in CNS
Norepinephrine distributed throughout brain; majority of noadrenergic neurons in locus ceruleus (sleep and arousal center)
Adrenergic receptors
G protein coupled
Cholinergic pathways in CNS
Mixture of both nicotinic and muscarinic
Ach and NE brain functions
Ach - motivation, learning, memory; NE - arousal, attention, vigilence, and memory; both involved with wakefullness and cognition
Antipsychotics
Work on many receptors in the brain (ex - muscarinic blockade, dopamine blockade); AE - xerostomia, constipation, Parkinson’s
Effects of antidepressants
Similar to antipsychotics but with CV involvement - hypotension, reflex tachycardia
Treatment for Parkinsonism
Benztropine, diphenhydramine, trihexyphenidyl
Receptors in amygdala
Alpha and beta 1 adrenergic receptors
PTSD treatment
Paroxetine and sertriline (SSRI), prazosin and propanolol (for amygdala)
Lipophilic drugs that have central effects
Propanolol and diphenhydramine
Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s
Indirect pathway predominates, loss of dopamine input from SNpc or blockade of dopamine receptors
Dopamine replacement therapy
Primary treatment, use when symptoms show functional impairment, levodopa used bc DA cannot cross BBB, fluctuations in response “on-off phenomena”
Stimulation of DA receptors
Activate D2 receptors to turn of indirect pathway
Drugs that stimulate DA receptors
Bromocriptine (D2 agonist/D1 partial agonist), apomorphine (D1/D2 agonist), Pramipexole (D2 selective), Ropinirole (D2 selective)
Enhancement of DA release
Amantadine
Inhibition of DA metabolism
Selegiline (selective MAO-B inhibitor), Rasagiline (inhibitor of MAO-B), Entacapone/tolcapone (selective inhibitors of COMT)
Muscarinic Antagonist for PD
To block cholinergic activation of striatum - benztropine, diphenhydramine, trihexyphenidyl
Treatment for Huntington’s
Reserpine and tetrabenazine (DA depleting), chlorpromazine and haloperidol (DA antagonist)
How opiates lead to death
Respiratory depression
How opioids works
Inhibition of calcium presynaptically, activation of potassium postsynaptically
What plays an important role in central sensitization
NMDA receptors