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Flashcard Set Title: "First Aid: Neuro Pharm"
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1. alpha agonists: epinephrine, brimonidine

Glaucoma drugs: classes and
specific drugs

2. beta blockers: timolol, betaxolol, careolol

Glaucoma - Epinephrine

1. decrease aq humour synthesis
through vasoconstriction
2. mydriasis, stinging
3. DO NOT USE in closed angle

1. mechanism
2. side effects
Glaucoma - Brimonidine
1. mechanism
2. side effects
Glaucoma - Beta blockers
1. mechanism
2. side effects
Glaucoma - Acetazolamide
1. mechanism
2. side effects
Glaucoma - Cholinomimetics
1. mechanism
2. side effects

Which glaucoma drug do you use
in an emergency?
Glaucoma - Latanoprost
1. mechanism
2. side effects

3. diuretics: acetazolamide
4. cholinomimetics:
direct: carbachol, pilocarpine

1. alpha-agonist, decreases aq
humor synthesis
2. none
1. decrease aq humour secretion
2. none
timilol, betaxolol, carteolol
1. decrease aq humour secretion by
decreasing HCO3- via inhibition of
carbonic anhydrase
2. none
1. Increase outflow of aq humour, contract ciliary
muscle (which produces aq humour) and opens
trabecular network into canal of Schlemm
2. miosis, cyclospasm (accomodate)

Pilocarpine
1. Prostaglandin (PGFa2), increase
outflow of aq humour
2. Darkens iris (browning)

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Flashcard Set Title: "First Aid: Neuro Pharm"
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Opioid analgesics - drugs

Opioid analgesics - mechanism

Morphine
Fentanyl
Codeine
Heroin
Methadone
Agonist at opioid receptors, mu (morphine), delta (enkephalin), kappa
(dynorphin)
Open K close Ca channels --> decrease synaptic transmission
Inhibit release of ACh, NE, 5HT, glutamate, substance P

Opioid analgesics - use

Pain
Cough suppression (dextromethorphan)
Diarrhea (loperamide and diphenoxylate)
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