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?
, Metoprolol
What is the brand name of Metoprolol?
Lopressor
What are the 2 drugs for the SNS in the prototype?
Epinephrine (adrenaline)
Metoprolol (lopressor)
What are the 3 drugs for the PNS in the prototype?
Pilocarpine (Isopto Carpine)
Donepezil (Aricept)
Atropine (Atro-Pen)
What are the 2 parasympathomimetic (cholinergic) agents?
Pilocarpine (Isopto Carpine)
Donepezil (Aricept)
What is the 2 parasympatholytic (anticholinergic) agents?
Atropine (Atro-Pen)
Benztropine (Cogentin)
What nervous system does Atropine (Atro-Pen) and
Benztropine (Cogentin) belong to?
Parasympatolytic
What nervous system deoes Pilocarpine (Isopto Carpine) and
Donepezil (Aricept) belong to?
Parasympathomimetic
When alpha 1 receptors are stimulated, what occurs??
Vasoconstriction and CNS stimulation
When Beta 1 receptors are stimulated, what occurs?
Heart rate increases and cardiac output increases