DR. LEAL - AUTONOMIC DRUGS PART2 Flashcards
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activates receptor for adrenaline or epinephrine or norepinephrine
ADRENOCEPTOR AGONIST
mimics the sympathetic nervous system
SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS
− Directly interact with and activate adrenoceptors.
− eg, NOREPINEPHRINE and EPINEPHRINE
DIRECT AGONISTS
− Actions are dependent on their ability to enhance the actions of endogenous (naturally occurring in the body) catecholamines (norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine)
INDIRECT AGONISTS
Inducing the release of catecholamines by displacing them from adrenergic nerve endings (mechanism of action of ______)
TYRAMINE
not physiologically important in humans but if under the treatment of monoamine oxidase inhibitors, THIS can accumulate. If medicating with MAO inhibitors, avoid cheese or protein-rich foods.
TYRAMINE
Decreasing the clearance of catecholamines by inhibiting their neuronal reuptake (mechanism of action of ____ & _____)
COCAINE
TCA
Receptors for acetylcholine
NICOTINIC
MUSCARINIC
Pharmacologic effects of INDIRECT SYMPATHOMIMETICS are greater under conditions of:
a. Increased sympathetic activity.
b. Norepinephrine storage and release.
Receptors for noradrenergic
ALPHA
BETA
sublingually administered for emergency treatment of hypertensive urgency. If BP is 180/100, it is used to acutely decrease the BP of the patient.
CLONIDINE (CATAPRES)
used if BP is decreased
PHENYLEPHRINE
has atropine, it can increase the heart rate so avoid giving it to patients with arrhythmia.
LOMOTIL
greater affinity in α1 > α2
PHENYLEPHRINE
greater affinity in α2 > α1
CLONIDINE
have the same affinity to both α1 and α2
NE
EPINEP
mostly found in blood vessels = contraction = increase BP
α1 (ALPHA1)
NE or Epi (will attach to β1 in the heart) is used in CPR to increase the force or contraction of the heart
β1 (BETA 1)
given to asthmatic patients to relieve bronchial smooth muscles but still has a side effect to increase the heart rate of patients.
ISOPROTERENOL
Used in CPR to increase contractility of the heart, and increase heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, and blood pressure of the patient.
EPINEPHRINE
GIVEN to patients with decreased blood pressure and increased heart rate to increase BP without increasing the heart rate.
PHENYLEPHRINE
• Agonist at both α and β receptors
• Very potent vasoconstrictor and cardiac stimulant
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
The rise in systolic blood pressure that occurs after
epinephrine release or administration is caused by its
positive inotropic and chronotropic actions on the heart (predominantly β 1receptors) and the vasoconstriction induced in many vascular beds (α receptors).
epinephrine functions largely as a _____; it is released from the adrenal medulla and carried in the blood to distant sites of action.
HORMONE