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Pharmacology | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Anticholinergics
- B.O.AT.S Acronym
- Benztropine
- Parkinson's Disease
- Oxybutynin
- Decrease bladder spasms
- Atropine
- Mydriasis and Cycloplegia
- Scopolamine
- Motion Sickness
1 min
Anticholinergics Continued
- Drugs
- Glycopyrrolate
- Reduces Airway Secretions
- Ulcer Treatment
- Ipratropium
- Asthma and C.O.P.D
- Dicyclomine
- Hyoscyamine
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 min
Atropine
- Indications
- Blocks DUMBBeLSS
- Bradycardia
- Side Effects
- Skin Flushing
- Increased Temperature
- Dry Mouth
- Cycloplegia
- Disorientation
- Mydriasis
1 min
Benztropine (Cogentin)
- Mechanism
- Anticholinergic
- Indications
- Parkinson's Disease
- Acute Dystonia
- Side Effects
- Mydriasis
- Dry Mouth
- Urinary Retention
- Tachycardia
- Constipation
- Psychosis
1 min
Direct Cholinomimetics
- Muscarinic Agonists
- Bethanechol
- Bladder and Bowels
- Methacholine
- Bronchoconstriction
- Pilocarpine
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle and Pupillary Sphincter
- Carbachol
- Releases Intraocular Pressure
1 min
Indirect Cholinomimetics
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
- Doesn't Cross BBB
- Edrophonium
- Myasthenia Gravis (Diagnosis)
- Pyridostigmine and Neostigmine
- Myasthenia Gravis (Tx)
- Ileus
- Crosses BBB
- Physostigmine
- Atropine Overdose
- Glaucoma
- Donepezil
- Alzheimer's
2 mins
Pilocarpine (Pilocar)
- Mechanism
- Direct Cholinergic Agonist
- Contracts Iris Sphincter
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle
- Indications
- Xerostomia
- Glaucoma
- Side Effects
- Detached Retina
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Eye Irritation
- Cholinergic Effects
- Considerations
- Avoid with Asthma or Bradycardia
2 mins
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Antidote
- Antidote
- Atropine
- Pralidoxime
1 min
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Poisoning
- DUMBBELSS
- Diarrhea
- Urination
- Miosis
- Bronchospasm
- Bradycardia
- Emesis
- Lacrimation
- Salivation
- Sweating
2 mins
Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril)
- Mechanism
- Centrally-Acting Muscle Relaxer
- Act on Alpha and Gamma Motor Neurons
- Related to Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)
- Uses
- Muscle Spasms
- Back Pain
- Side Effects/Interactions
- MAO Inhibitors
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Drowsiness
- Arrhythmia
3 mins
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