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12 Cards in this Set
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What can overuse of laxatives result in?
If continued, what can occur? |
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What are the three major groups of antidiarrheal agents? |
1. Agents that absorb water 2. Absorbers of etiological factors in the lumen 3. Agents that alter intestinal motility |
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What category of antidiarrheal agents do these belong in? |
Agents that absorb water |
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What category of antidiarrheal agents do these belong in? |
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What category of antidiarrheal agents do opiates belong in?
What is the effect of opiates on the following: Secretions, motility, muscle tone, sphincter tone, cramping, SUMMATIVE EFFECTS? |
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What are three opiate antidiarrheal agents?
Which one is marketed with atropine?
Which one interacts with intestinal opioid receptors and binds to and inhibits the calcium-binding protein calmodulin? |
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What is the mechanism of action of anticholinergics? |
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What are two examples of anticholinergics? Do they cross the BBB? Any CNS effects? What are useful in eliminating? Does atropine cross BBB and cause CNS effects?
Which drug is more suited to alleviate cramps? |
Atropine does cross BBB => CNS effects |
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What are the two main categories of chronic inflammatory diseases of the GI tract? |
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Seriously? |
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What two major categories of drugs are used to treat inflammatory bowel diseases? |
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