, 10 High-Yield Pharmacology Tables
1. Cholinergic Drugs (Parasympathomimetics)
Drug Type Use Key Side
Effects
Bethanechol Direct Urinary Sweating,
agonist retention diarrhea
Pilocarpine Direct Glaucoma Salivation,
agonist , bronchospas
xerostomi m
a
Neostigmine AChE Myastheni Bradycardia
inhibito a gravis
r
Physostigmin AChE Atropine Seizures
e inhibito toxicity
r
2. Anticholinergic Drugs
Drug Use Key Effects Notes
Atropine Bradycardia ↑ HR, Antidote
mydriasis for OP
poisonin
g
Scopolami Motion Sedation CNS
ne sickness effects
promine
nt
Ipratropiu COPD/asth Bronchodilati No CNS
m ma on entry
Tropicami Eye exam Short Rapid
de mydriasis onset