Module 4 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Increased bladder tone encourages urination
Used for urine retention
Part of the autonomic nervous system
Bethanechol
Decreased bladder contraction reduces urination
Used for overactive bladder
Part of the autonomic nervous system
Oxybutynin
Another name for oxybutynin
Ditropan
Name the four medications used to help resuscitate patients in cardiac shock or near death
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
DOButamine
What do the four cardiac meds do? And what are they used for?
Increase heart rate
Increase contractility
Acute decompensated heart failure
Inotropic support
Two meds that lower heart rate
Propranolol
Metoprolol
What meds are propranolol and metoprolol used for?
Heart failure
Atrial Fibrillation
Hypertension
Name three decongestants
Pseudoephedrine
Phenylephrine
Oxymetazoline
What is another name for Sudafed
Pseudoephedrine
Which system is adrenergic?
Sympathetic
Which system is “flight or fight”
Sympathetic
Which system is cholinergic
Parasympathetic
Which system involves “rest and digest”
Parasympathetic
What neurotransmitter is produced by the adrenergic system?
Norepinephnhe
What neurotransmitter’s produced by cholinergic system
Acetylcholine
Cholinergic agonist drug that binds to and activates cholinergic receptors increases what system and increases what?
Parasympathetic
Increases salivation, GI motility, pupil construction
What system is activated as cholinergic antagonist that binds to but - does not activate cholinergic receptors and decreases what system
Parasympathetic
Decreases salivation, GI motility
Drug that binds to and activates adrenergic receptors and increases what system, and results in?
Andrenergic agonist
Increases heart rate, respiration, and puppy dilation
What is another name for Sudafed?
Pseudoephedrine
Name the two oral decongestants
Pseudoephedrine
Phenylephrine
What is neo-synephrine?
Nasal phenylephrine
What is another name for afrin
Oxymetazoline
What blocks norepinephrine, epinephrine, and serotonin reuptake
Is a sympathomimetic adrenergic agonist
Increases vasoconstriction
Cocaine
What can enhance dopamine activation
Cocaine