Prototype Drug Unit 8 & 9- Ipratropium

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

Bronchodilator and Anticholinergic

Question 2

What is it used for

Answer 2

Used to prevent bronchospasm in people with asthma or COPD. It inhibits nasal secretions but does not have decongestant action.

Question 3

Adverse effects

Answer 3

Dry mouth, nausea, GI distress
Bitter taste
headache, cough, blurred vision, paradoxical bronchospasm, worsening of narrow-angle glaucoma

Question 4

Contraindications

Answer 4

hypersensitivity to soya lecithin or related food products such as soybean and peanut
closed-angle glaucoma or urinary tract obstruction

Question 5

How does it work?

Answer 5

blocks cholinergic receptors in bronchial smooth muscle. Intranasal blocks parasympathetic receptors, thus reducing nasal hypersecretions

Question 6

Drug interactions

Answer 6

anticholinergics (atropine)

Pramlintide because both slow GI peristalsis and can cause nausea, vomiting, or constipation