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PNS cranial nerves

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III, VII, IX, X

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muscarinic toxicity symptoms, think

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wet

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nicotinic toxicity

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fasciculations, paralysis

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mushrooms with muscarine, can lead to food poisoning

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inocybe, amanita

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? betanechol

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direct-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? nicotine

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direct-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? pilocarpine

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direct-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? edrophonium

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indirect-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? neostigmine

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indirect-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? rivastigmine

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indirect-acting cholinomimetic

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? atropine

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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cholinesterase regenerator also used for organophosphate poisoning and nerve gas poisoning

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pralidoxime

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? benztropine

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? ipatropium

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? scopolamine

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? trimethaphan

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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indirect-acting/direct acting cholinomimetic or cholinoreceptor blocker? hexamethonium

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cholinoreceptor blocker

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cholinergic crisis due to ____-medication, edrophonium (improves/weakens) muscle strength

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over; weakens

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used for Alzheimer’s disease

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Rivastigmine

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first line for organophosphate poisoning

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Atropine

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used for Parkinson’s (esp. tremors)

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Biperiden, Trihexyphenidyl, Benztropine

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preferred bronchodilator in pts with COPD and heart dse

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ipatropium

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used for motion sickness, applied as transdermal patch, antagonizes histamine and serotonin

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scopolamine

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nicotinic antagonist previously used for hypertension, now withdrawn from the market due to toxicities

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hexamethonium/trimethaphan

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depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
succinylcholine
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notable side effect of NE
reflex bradycardia
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DOC for diagnosis of MG
edrophonium
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DOC for tx of MG
neostigmine
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anti-cholinesterase used for glaucoma
physostigmine
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Tx for Sjogren/Sicca syndrome
pilocarpine
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Tx for bowel/bladder atony
betanechol
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Tx for acute heart failure, septic shock
B1 and D1 agonists (e.g. dobutamine, dopamine)
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Tx for hemostasis, decongestion, spinal shock
A1 agonist (e.g. phenylephrine/pseudoephedrine)
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Tx for bronchospasm
B2 agonist (e.g. albuterol, salmeterol)
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Tx for premature labor
B2 agonist (e.g. terbutaline, ritodrine)
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Tx for hypertension, glaucoma
A2 agonist (e.g.clonidine, methyldopa, aproclonidine)
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DOC for rebound hypertension
phentolamine
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notable SE of methyldopa
hemolytic anemia
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nonselective A-adrenergic blockers
phenoxybenzamine, phentolamine
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irreversible nonselective A-adrenergic used for pheochromocytoma (pre-surgical)
phenoxybenzamine
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reversibly blocks alpha adrenergic receptors
phentolamine
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first dose orthostatic hypotension
selective A1 blockers (e.g. prazosin)
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BPH
selective A1 blockers (e.g. prazosin)
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most selective for prostatic smooth muscle among selective A1 blockers
tamsulosin
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has combined A and B blockade (hence may be used in pheochromocytoma)
labetalol
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partial agonist activity among beta blockers, less likely to cause bronchospasm; examples
intrinsic sympathomimetic activity; pindolol, acebutolol
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beta blockers which lack local anesthetic activity making them useful for glaucoma
timolol and betaxolol
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beta blocker with longest half-life; shortest
nadolol; esmolol
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beta blocker of choice for SVT
esmolol
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blocks CNS sympathetic outflow
A2 agonists (clonidine, methyldopa)
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TZDs act on ___ transporter in the ______
Na-Cl transporter; DCT
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Furosemide, bumetanide, torsemide, ethacrynic acid act on ___ transporter in the ______
Na/K/2Cl, thick ascending limb of LH
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loop diuretic with no sulfa group
ethacrynic acid
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notable SE of loop diuretics
ototoxicity
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obsolete drug for hypertension used to irreversibly block vesicular monoamine transporter; causes psychiatric depression, suicidal ideation
reserpine
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advantage of A1 selectivity
reflex tachycardia is less common and less severe
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vasodilator decreasing Ca metabolism in vascular SM; can cause drug-induced lupus, reflex tachycardia
hydralazine
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vasodilator opening K+ channels in vascular SM causing hyperpolarization and relaxation; notable SE
minoxidil; hypertrichosis (also used for alopecia)
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OPD DOC for SVT
verapamil
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parenteral vasodilators
nitroprusside, fenoldopam
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parenteral vasodilator which is also a dopamine agonist
fenoldopam
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CCB class'n with preference to the cardiac muscle
non-dihydropyridine
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slows ventricular remodeling, increases survival in HF, renoprotective
ACEIs, ARBs
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how does ACEIs delay progression of DM nephropathy?
dec albumin excretion
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renin antagonist
aliskiren
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vasodilator which can cause cyanide toxicity; antidote
nitroprusside; amyl nitrite
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vasodilator associated with tolerance
nitroglycerin
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causes additive vasodilatory effect with nitrates
phosphodiesterase inhibitors (sildenafil, vardenafil, tadalafil)
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CCB used for Raynaud's phenomenon, does not cause gingival hyperplasia
Diltiazem

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