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Pharmacology - PNS agents
agonist/antagonist pairs
6
Medical
Professional
05/21/2008

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Term
organophosphate poisonning
Definition

irreversible AChE inhibitor

 

antidote: pralidoxime (only effective early on); or atropine

Term
atropine overdose
Definition

atropine: reversible, non-selective muscarinic blocker

 

antidote: physostigmine (reversible AChE)

Term
tubocurarine
Definition

tubocurarine: nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent

 

antidote: neostigmine (reversible AChE)

Term
succinylcholine tox
Definition

malignant hyperthermia when used with halothane

 

antidote: dantrolene (blocks release of Ca++ from SR)

Term
epinephrine reversal
Definition

1. epinephrine alone: inc BP & HR (agonist for alpha1/2 and beta 1/2 - low doses selective for beta1)

 

2. epinephrine + phenoxybenzamine (the only irreversible & nonselective alpha-blocker): dec BP due to beta2 activity

Term
phenylephrine reversal
Definition

before alpha blockade: inc BP (pure alpha agonist, without beta action)

 

after alpha blockade (phenoxybenzamine): back to baseline (net reversal) 

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