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| Neuromuscular blocking agent |
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blocks action of acetylcholine, does not affect cardiac muscle
relax or paralyze skeletal muscle, given IV, Surgery, ECT, ETT |
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| Neuromuscular Blocking Agent |
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| Neuromuscular Blocking Agent |
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| Centrally Acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants |
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| Treat: CP and arthritis, muscle spasms, MS, spinal cord injury |
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| Centrally Acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxant |
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| Direct Acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants |
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| Inhibits calcium release from the skeletal muscle |
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| relaxes spastic muscle, *caution* hepatotoxicity |
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| Skeletal Muscle Stimulants |
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| Inhibits the action of anticholinesterase |
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| Corrects myasthenia gravis |
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| Skeletal Muscle Stimulant |
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| Skeletal muscle stimulant, long duration, better tolerated |
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| characterized by < dopamine, GABA, Serotonin, Norepinephrine and > acetylcholine in the brain |
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| anti-Parkinson agent; if pt cannot tolerate Levodopa |
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| Carbidopa/Levodopa (Sinemet) |
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| reduces the required levadopa dose by 25% |
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| Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors |
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| Anti-Parkinson drug NEWEST; sustains dopaminergic level |
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| brief episode of abnormal electrical activity in the nerve cells |
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| Spasmodic contractions of involuntary muscles |
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| Barbiturate; sedation, hypnosis, resp depression |
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| treat and prevent gen tonic-clonic & psychomotor seizures |
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| Hydantoin; anticonvulsant |
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| absence seizure treatment |
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| Valium, Klonopin, Tranzene, Valproic acid, Carbamazepine (Tegretol) |
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| results from low ACh in the brain |
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| increased salivation, diarrhea, cramping, bradycardia, miosis |
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| contraction of the pupil of the eye |
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| antioxidant properties, protects from neural injury |
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