red drugs Flashcards
Carbidopa
Dopamine Precursors / DDC inhibitors
Drugs for Parkinson’s
tetrabenazine, neuroleptics-aka dopamine receptor antagonist (haloperidol)
Huntington’s disease:
Levodopa/Carbidopa
Dopamine Precursors / DDC inhibitors
Drugs for Parkinson’s
primidone, propranolol
Essential tremor
Pramipexole
Dopamine Receptor Agonists
Drugs for Parkinson’s
tetrabenazine, neuroleptics-aka dopamine receptor antagonist
Tourette syndrome
Ropinirole
Dopamine Receptor Agonists
Drugs for Parkinson’s
Pilocarpine
Cholinergic Receptor Agonists:
Glaucoma
Amantadine
Dopamine Releaser-NMDA block:
Drugs for Parkinson’s
Drugs for Parkinson addnl category
Anticholinergic Drugs
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors:
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors:
Glaucoma Drugs
1- prostoglandine 2- Bete Blocker 2- Alpha 2 agonist 2- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors 3- Cholinergic Receptor Agonists
Tourette syndrome
tetrabenazine, neuroleptics-aka dopamine receptor antagonist
Essential tremor:
primidone, propranolol
often self med w/ ETOH
Huntington’s disease:
tetrabenazine, neuroleptics-aka dopamine receptor antagonist (haloperidol)