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Activates bowel and bladder smooth muscle
Constricts pupil and relieves intraocular pressure in open-angle glaucoma
Challenge test for dx of asthma
Potent stimulator of sweat, tears, saliva
Anticholinesterase used in Alzheimer
Used to dx myasthenia gravis
Postoperative reversal of neuromuscular blockade
Antidote for anticholinergic toxicity; crosses BBB
Long acting agent for myasthenia gravis
Cholinesterase inhibitor poisoning antidotes (Atropine + ?)
Produce mydriasis and cycloplegia
Anti-muscarinic used in Parkinson's, acute dystonia
Parental use (preoperative to reduce airway secretions) or oral use (drooling, peptic ulcer)
Antispasmodics for IBS
Anti-muscarinic for COPD, asthma
Reduce bladder spasms and urge urinary incontinence (anti-muscarinics)
Motion sickness
Anti-muscarinic for bradycardia, opthalmic applications
Acute asthma or COPD
Long-term asthma or COPD control
Heart failure, cardiac stress testing
Unstable bradycardia, HF, shock
Anaphylaxis, asthma, open-angle glaucoma
Postoperative hypertension, hypertensive crisis
Electrophysiologic evaluation of tachyarrhythmias; can worsen ischmia
Autonomic insufficiency and postural hypotension; may exacerbate supine hypertension
Urinary urge incontinence or overactive bladder (sympathomimetic)
Hypotension, septic shock
Hypotension (vasoconstrictor), ocular procedures, rhinitis (decongestant)
Use for narcolepsy, obesity, ADHD
Causes vasoconstriction and local anesthesia; never give b-blockers if intoxication is suspected
Nasal decongestant (pseudoephedrine), urinary incontinence, hypotension
Hypertensive urgency, ADHD, tourettes (a2-agonists)
Hypertension in pregnancy (a2-agonist)
Use preoperatively in pheochromocytoma to prevent catecholamine (hypertensive) crisis
Give to patients on MAO inhibitors who eat tyramine-containing foods
Urinary symptoms of BPH
a2-selective blocker used in depression
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