Anticholinergic Drugs
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Muscarinic receptor blockers / parasympatholytics
Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Atropine
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Scopolamine
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Cyclopentolate
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Tropicamide
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Ipratropium
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Glycopyrrolate
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Dicyclomine
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Oxybutynin
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Tolterodine
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Propantheline
Classification: Muscarinic blockers — lecture list
Key mechanisms
- Competitive antagonism at muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
- Block muscarinic effects of acetylcholine
Uses discussed in the lectures
- Ophthalmic dilation / cycloplegia
- Gastrointestinal hypermotility
- Urinary urgency
- Atropine for muscarinic effects of cholinergic poisoning
Separate nicotinic-blocking topic
- Autonomic ganglion blockers discussed in Lecture 12
- Neuromuscular blocking drugs mentioned in Lecture 13
SOURCE / SCOPE NOTE
- Lectures 12–14 (especially Lecture 13). The lecture says only drugs explained in slides are required; the list is a reference, not a claim that all are examinable.
