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Neuro Drugs Nursing

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prazosin Minipress adrenergic-blocker / antiadrenergic antihypertensive ANS Inhibits alpha-adrenergicreceptors,causing arterious and venous dilation that reduces peripheral vascular resistance Orthostatic hypotension, bradycardia or tachycardia, edema, difficultybreathing, lightheadedness, flushing, arrhythmias, angina or heart attack, spasm of the blood vessels in the brain, a shocklike state
phenylephrine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Neo-Synephrine adrenergic sympathomimetic ANS Indirect action on adrenergicreceptors headache, restlessness, anxiety,irritability, tremors, drowsiness or insomnia, lightheadedness, incoherence, seizures, hyper or hypo tension, palpitations
epinephrine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action,adverse effects Adrenalin cholinergic sympathomimetic ANS Stimulates alpha-adrenergic receptors and beta-adrenergic receptors restlessness anxiety, dizziness, headache, palpitations, cardiac arrythmias, hypotension, hypertension and hypertansion crisis, stroke, angina, increased glucose levels, tissue necrosis and sloughing
neostigmine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Prostigmin cholinergic acetylcholinesterase inhibitor / anticholinesterase ANS Blocks the action of the enzyme acetylcolinenesterase at cholinergic receptor sites, preventing the breakdown of acetylcoline N,V,D, cardiac arrythmia, SOB wheezing, seizures, headache anorexia, insomnia, pruritus, urinary frequency and nocturia
donepezil Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action Aricept anti-Alzheimer acetylcholinesterase inhibitor / anticholinesterase Nervous Blocks the action of the enzyme acetylcolinenesterase at cholinergic receptor sites, preventing the breakdown of acetylcoline
benztropine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Cogentin antiparkinson anticholinergic Nervous Depress the stimulating effects of acetylcholine Dry mouth, decreased bronchial secretions, increased heart rate, blurred vision, decrease sweating
pramipexole Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Mirapex antiparkinson dopaminergic Nervous Increases the effects of dopamine at receptor sites Orthostatic hypotension dizziess, confusion,insomnia
levodopa Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Larodopa antiparkinson dopaminergic Nervous Effect unknown N,V, orthostatic hypotension, anorexia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, arrythmia, irritability, confusion
amantadine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Symmetrel antiparkinson dopaminergic / anti-viral Nervous Not clear. It's thought to release dopamine from intact neurons, but it may also have non-dopaminergic mechanisms Orthostatic hypotention and constipation
atropine Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action, adverse effects Atropair, Atropisol cholinergic-blocker / anticholinergic parasympatholytic ANS Competitively antagonizes the actions of acetylcholine andother cholinergic agonists in the muscarinic receptors Dry mouth, reduce bronchial secretion, increased heart rate blurred vision, decrease sweating
bethanechol Trade name major classification, subclass, body system, mechanism of action Urecholine cholinergic parasympathomimetic ANS Mimics the action of acetylcholine on target organs N,V,C,D, blurred vision, decreased HR and low BP, shortness of breath urinary frequency,increased salivation and sweating
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