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How can you treat paralytic ileus?
(You want a muscarinic stimulant to increase contractility and motility).

1. Methanochol
2. Physostigmine (can be taken orally)
Which cholinomemetics can you use to treat glaucoma?
1. Pilocarpine
2. Physostigmine (can cross membranes to enter eye)
3. Echothiophate (long term effects)
What can you prescribe to help w/ nicotinic addiction?
Nicotine patch/ gum
What can you prescribe for myasthenia gravis?
1. Pyridostigmine (most commonly used)
2. Neostigmine (charged, so stays in periphery--doesn't enter CNS)
What should you do if a patient has taken a toxic dose of an organophosphate?
Pralidoxime!
How do you reverse curare poisoning?
Neostigmine
(stays in the periphery)
What can you prescribe to a patient with dementia?
1. Donapezil
2. Tacrine (longer lasting)
What can you use as an preanesthetic medication?
Scopolamine
(CNS depressant: Sedative)
What drug is used commonly for ophthalmologic eye exams?
Tropicamide
What drug can be used to treat bladder hyperactivity?
Oxybutynin
How can you treat reflex bradycardia?
Atropine! fast!
How can you effect blood flow with a cholinergic antagonist?
Use hexamethonium

(Blood flow is only controlled by the sympathetic branch of the ANS)
What cholinergic antagonists can you use to encourage bronchodilation?
1. Ipratropium
2. Tiotropium (longer lasting)
Which cholinergic antagonists will block gastric secretions?
Any of the atropine-like drugs
What can you use to treat motion sickness?
Scopolamine
What drug can you use to treat Parkinson's disease?
Benztropine
What can you do to treat atropine poisoning?
Use Physostigmine
What are the symptoms of atropine poisoning?
1. Dilated pupils
2. Hot, red, dry skin
3. Maniacal behavior
Who are most sensitive to atropine?
KIDS!
Which drug can be used to treat atony of the bladder?
Bethanachol