L17 Drugs Flashcards

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Nicotine

MOA:

Indication:

A

MOA: Activation of neuronal Nicotinic receptors

Indication: withdrawal symptoms of smoking cessation

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Succinyllcholine

MOA:

Elimination:

Indication:

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MOA: Depolarizing block of muscle nicotinic receptors

Elimination: Butyrl cholinesterase

Indication: Neuromuscular block for electroconvulsive shock therapy or emergency intubation

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Acetylcholine

Half life:

MOA:

Elimination:

Indication:

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Half life: ~150 msec

MOA: Nicotinic and muscarinic agonist

Elimination: AchE

Indication: NONE

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Methacholine

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: Muscarinic agonist

Indication: Diagnosis of subclinical asthma, or test for severity of asthma

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Carbachol

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: Muscarinic and nicotinic receptor agonist

Indication: miotic agent in ocular surgery, to reduce pressure following ocular surgery

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Bethanechol

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: muscarinic agonist

Indication: urinary retention, bladder atony

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Pilocarpine

Half-life

MOA:

Indication:

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half-life: ~1 hour

MOA: muscarinic agonist

Indication: dry mouth from head and neck radiation, narrow angle glaucoma

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Neostigmine

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: AchE inhibitor

Indication: Myasthenia gravis, reverse neuromuscular block

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Edrophonium

half-life:

MOA:

Indication:

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half-life: ~10 min

MOA: AchE inhibitor

Indication: diag of myasthenia gravis, reversal of neuromuscular block

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Physostigmine

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: Reversible AchE inhibitor

Indication: Delirium from anticholinergic drugs, glaucoma

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Donepezil

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: reversible AchE inhibitor

Indication: Alzhimer’s dx.

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Pralidoxime

half-life:

MOA:

Indication:

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half-life: ~75 min

MOA: peripheral AchE reactivator

Indication: Respiratory muscle weakness in organophosphate poisoning

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Echothiophate

half-life

MOA:

Indication:

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half-life: very long

MOA: irreversible AchE inhibitor

Indication: open angle glaucoma

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Atropine

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: muscarinic antagonist

Indication: excess secretions during surgery, the increased freq and urg. associated with cystitis, hypertonic gut, organophosphate poisoning, bradycardia

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Scopolamine

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: Muscarinic antagonist

Indication: motion sickness, anti-salilagogue in surgery

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Gylcopyrrolate

MOA:

Indication:

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MOA: muscarinic receptor antagonist

Indication: protects against excessive muscarinic activation during reversal of neuromuscular blockade, anti-salilagogue