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| Do antimuscarinic drugs act at the skeletomuscular junction or the autonomic ganglia? |
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Definition
| No, they do not block nictonic receptors. |
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| Does atropine increase the heart rate? |
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Definition
1. At low doses no, it blocks M1 receptors on the inhibitory prejunctional neurons, thus permitting increased acetylcholine release
2. At higher doses the M2 receptors on the sinoatrial node are blocked. |
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Term
| What type of patient would you use atropine? |
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Definition
| to cycloplege a +20 diopter esotrope |
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Term
| How is mydriasis different from cycloplegia? |
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Definition
| Cycloplegia effects accomodation. Mydriatics do not. |
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| What is the standard cycloplegic agent for adults? |
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Definition
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| What is the weakest mydriatic drug? |
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Definition
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| What cholinergic antagonist anti muscarinic agents are used in treating uveitis? |
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Definition
| scopolamine and homatropine |
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