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Pharmacology I. Note Cards. Drug of choice for treatment of postoperative non-obstructive urinary retention. Bethanechol. Drug of choice for treatment of myasthenia gravis. Pyridostigmine. Drug of choice for diagnosis of Myasthenia gravis. Edrophonium.
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Pharmacology I Note Cards
Drug of choice for treatment of postoperative non-obstructive urinary retention • Bethanechol
Drug of choice for treatment of myasthenia gravis • Pyridostigmine
Drug of choice for diagnosis of Myasthenia gravis • Edrophonium
Drug of choice for treatment of cholinesterase inhibitor toxicity • Atropine
Drug of choice for treatment of 1st or 2nd degree A/V block • Atropine
Drug of choice for treatment of motion sickness • Scopolamine
Rebound tachycardia occurs with withdrawal of these drugs • Non-selective beta blockers • propranolol • timolol • sotalol
Drug of choice for treatment of acute anaphylactic shock • Epinephrine
Drug of choice for treatment of 3rd degree A/V block • Epinephrine
Better than atropine as a bronchodilator • Ipratropium
Best drug to use in examination of glaucoma patients • Phenylephrine--does not cause cycloplegia
Second choice for treatment of cholinesterase inhibitor toxicity • 2-PAM
Drug of choice for treatment of glaucoma without cycloplegia • Timolol
Most effective expectorant • Guaifenesin
Drug of choice for treatment of glaucoma in a broncho-asthmatic patient • Betaxolol
Direct-acting Parasympathomimetics • Carbachol • Bethanechol • Muscarine • Pilocarpine
Drug of choice for treatment of acute wide angle glaucoma • Pilocarpine
Reversible indirect-acting Parasympathomimetics • Physostigmine • Neostigmine • Edrophonium • Pyridostigmine • Demecarium
Irreversible indirect-acting Parasypathomimetics • Isoflurophate • Echothiophate • Dichlorvos • Trichlorfon
Tertiary Parasympatholytics • Atropine • Scopolamine • Dicyclomine
Antagonist of atropine • Physostigmine
Quaternary Parasympatholytics • Glycopyrrolate • Propantheline • Ipratropium
Mydriatic Parasympatholytics • Atropine • Scopolamine • Cyclopentolate • Homatropine • Tropicamide
Selective M1 blocker • Pirenzepine
Selective M4 blocker • Tropicamide
Name the major muscarinic antagonist • Atropine
Ganglionic stimulants (at small doses) • Acetylcholine • Nicotine
Depolarizing ganglionic blockers • Acetylcholine • Nicotine
Competitive ganglionic blockers • Hexamethonium • Mecamylamine • Propantheline • Trimethaphan
Drug of choice for treatment of nicotine poisoning • Mecamylamine--competitive ganglionic blocker
Alpha -1 selective agonists • Phenylephrine • Methoxamine
Beta-2 selective agonists • Albuterol • Terbutaline • Metaproterenol • Clinbuterol
Indirect-acting Parasympathomimetics • physostigmine • neostigmine • edrophonium • pyridostigmine • demecarium
Ophthalmic organophosphates • Isoflurophate • Echothiophate
Anthelmintic organophosphate • Dichlorvos
Preanesthetic, bronchodilator, GI antispasmodic • Glycopyrrolate
T or F: Propantheline blocks only muscarinic receptors • F--it blocks ganglionic nicotinic receptors also (a parasympatholytic)
Catecholamine Sympathomimetics • Epinephrine • Norepinephrine • Isoproterenol • Dopamine • Dobutamine
Epinephrine is an agonist at what adrenergic receptors? • alpha 1 • alpha 2 • beta 1 • beta 2
Norepinephrine act as agonist of what adrenergic receptors? • alpha 1 • alpha 2 • beta 1
A catecholamine that can cause reflex bradycardia • Norepinephrine
Isoproterenol act as agonist on what adrenergic receptors? • beta 1 • beta 2
Dopamine acts as agonist at what receptors? • Dopaminergic • alpha 1 • alpha 2 • beta 1
Dobutamine acts as agonist on what receptors? • beta 1 (mainly) • beta 2 & alpha (minor)
Dopamine’s 2 most useful effects in conditions with decreased renal perfusion • Increased GFR • Renal vasodilation
Catecholamines given to correct hypotension due to inhalation anesthetics • Dopamine • Dobutamine
Ephedrine Pseudoephedrine Phenylpropanolamine Amphetamine Cocaine Monoamine oxidase inhibitors Phenylephrine Methoxamine Albuterol Terbutaline Metaproterenol Non Catecholamines