NEET MDS Shorts
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Pharmacology
CTZ rich in D2 and 5HT receptors
57914
PharmacologyDoxapram and nikethamide are both known as analeptic agents, which are central nervous system stimulants. Propylbutamide is a less common or potentially misspelled term, but doxacurium is a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, not a stimulant. Therefore, doxacurium is the agent that is not an analeptic.
68087
Pharmacology
Acetazolamide is a carbonic acid anhydrase stimulant Acetazolamide, non-competitively (but reversibly) inhibits carbonic anhydrase in proximal tubular cells.
34681
Pharmacology
Tolerance: The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.
19376
PharmacologyThe cause of death with opioid intoxication is respiratory depression
18575
Pharmacology
Sulfasalazine is absorbed well from GIT Sulfasalazine is poorly absorbed (10-20%) from the GIT .
81045
Pharmacology
metronidazole 250 mg po qid for 7 to 10 days is the treatment of choice. Oral vancomycin 125 mg qid is reserved for the most severe or resistant cases
The antimicrobials most widely regarded as optimal for the treatment of salmonellosis in adults is the group of fluoroquinolones.
90909
Pharmacology
Treatment of acute gout is mainly to control symptoms, i.e. pain, swelling etc.
The symptoms of acute gout are due to inflammation in the joints.
So, drugs which decrease inflammation are used in acute gout, i.e. anti-inflammatory drugs. Drugs are:- NSAIDs, Colchicine, Corticosteroids
83290
Pharmacology
Synthetic opioids, sharing properties of opium and morphine, include meperidine, propoxyphene, diphenoxylate, fentanyl, buprenorphine, methadone, and pentazocine. Various opiate effects are analgesia, respiratory depression, constipation, and euphoria.
Fentanyl (80 to 100 times more powerful than morphine) is especially dangerous.
Atropine blocks the muscarinic receptors. Atropine decreases gastrointestinal tract motility and secretion and causes constipation.
Although various derivatives and congeners of atropine (such as propantheline, isopropamide, and glycopyrrolate) have been advocated in patients with peptic ulcer or with diarrheal syndromes
Neostigmine is Cholinesterase inhibitors that enhance the effects of parasympathetic stimulation and leads to reversal of intoxication by agents with a anticholinergic action
53955
PharmacologyMorphine causes vomiting by stimulation of the medullary chemo receptor trigger zone