Week 3, Oxymetazoline (Afrin) Flashcards
The Oxymetazoline (Afrin) Pharmacological class is Sympathomimetic.
The Oxymetazoline (Afrin) Pharmacological class is Sympathomimetic.
What is the Oxymetazoline (Afrin) Pharmacological class?
Sympathetic
Contraindications for Oxymetazoline (Afrin) are Patients with thyroid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, or heart disease.
Contraindications for Oxymetazoline (Afrin) are Patients with thyroid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, or heart disease.
What are some contraindications for Oxymetazoline (Afrin)?
-Patients with thyroid disorders
-Hypertension
-Diabetes
-Heart disease.
Oxymetazoline (Afrin) activate alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nasal passages, causing them to constrict, thus drying the mucous membranes.
Oxymetazoline (Afrin) activate alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nasal passages, causing them to constrict, thus drying the mucous membranes.
How does Oxymetazoline (Afrin) cause the drying of mucous membranes?
They activate alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nasal passages, causing them to constrict.
An adverse effect of Oxymetazoline (Afrin) is that Rebound Congestion is common when oxymetazoline is used for longer than 3 to 5 days.
An adverse effect of Oxymetazoline (Afrin) is that Rebound Congestion is common when oxymetazoline is used for longer than 3 to 5 days.
What is an adverse effect of Oxymetazoline (Afrin)?
Rebound congestion.
When does Rebound Congestion occur in Oxymetazoline (Afrin)?
Continued use after 3 to 5 days.
No Drug-Drug reaction occur because absorption of Oxymetazoline (Afrin) is limited!
No Drug-Drug reaction occur because absorption of Oxymetazoline (Afrin) is limited!
What Drug-Drug reactions occur because of Oxymetazoline (Afrin)?
None!
Absorbtion is limited!
