What is another name for Sympathomimetic Agents?
Adrenergic Agents
What is the sympathomimetic (adrenergic) agent/drug??
Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
What are the 2 SNS and PNS drug classifications?
-sympathomimetic & -sympatholytic
What do sympathomimetic drugs do?
Act as synergists/agonists
What do sympatholytic drugs do?
Act as antagonists
What is the agonistic drug for the SNS?
Epinephrine (adrenaline)
What is the antagonist for the SNS?
Metoprolol (Lopressor)
If it belongs to the SNS, what is the nickname we can use (other that sympatho-)
that we can use?
Adrenergic
If it belongs to the PNS, what is the nickname we can use (other that
Parasympatho-) that we can use?
Cholinergic
What is the generic name of Lopressor?