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lipid solubility of antimuscarinics depends on the presence of ______?
quaternary amine group (permanently charged, poor lipid solubility)
nonselective antimuscarinic, tertiary amine, T1/2 = 2h, duration of action is 4-8h and up to 72h in the eye
atropine
antimuscarinics act like ______ antagonists
competitive (surmountable)
DOC for motion sickness
scopolamine
antimuscarinics used in parkinsonism
benztropine, biperiden, trihexyphenidyl
antimuscarinics used for mydriasis (4)
atropine, homatropine, cyclopentolate, tropicamide
antimuscarinic used in asthma and COPD
ipratropium
why are some antimuscarinics used to bronchodilate, rather than beta agonists?
cause less tachycardia and arrhythmias
drugs used to reduce urgency in mild cystitis or to reduce bladder spasms s/p urologic surgery
oxybutinin, tolterodine, darifenacin
antidote for organophosphate poisoning
atropine
atropine toxic effects?
dec sweating, salivation, lacrimation, urination (dry as a bone)
tachycardia
constipation
blurred vision
hyperthermia (hot as a hare)
dilation of cutaneous vessels (red as a beet)
sedation, amnesia, delirium (mad as a hatter)
antimuscarinic agents are contraindicated in what pts?
glaucoma, infants (fatal hyperthermia), men with BPH
non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker that produces competitive block at end plate nicotinic receptor causing flacccid paralysis, used as muscle relaxant in surgery
tubocurarine
depolarizing neuromuscular blocker that causes flaccid paralysis but may cause fasciculations during induction and may cause muscle pain after its use
succinylcholine
ChE regenerator used to treat pts exposed to parathion/malathion or nerve gases
pralidoxime