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Dopamine actions as influenced by drugs

#Dopamine #Agonists #Antagonists #Medications #Drugs #Pharmacology
Dopamine actions ... influenced by drugs ... #Dopamine #Agonists ... #Medications #Drugs
Addictions: Pathogenesis

Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Pathway:
 • Dopaminergic neurons in Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) in midbrain under continuous
stimuli (food, sex, drugs ... the VTA releases dopamine ... increase in dopamine ... use • Chronic drug ... of neurons in dopamine
Drugs for Bradycardia & Hypotension: “IDEA” Mnemonic
Beta blockers reduce circulating catecholamine levels, decreasing both the heart
Drugs for Bradycardia ... atropine is the drug ... Isoproterenol D: Dopamine
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
and Vasoactive Drugs ... Understand vasoactive drug ... , Epinephrine, Dopamine ... shock #Vasoactive #Drugs
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
antipsychotics are dopamine ... #Medications #Drugs
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
other antimycotic drugs ... Acetazolamide Dopamine ... Dysgeusia #Induced #Drugs
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
20mcg/min IV • Dopamine ... Patients DIE: Drugs
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
antipsychotic drugs ... limited activity at dopamine
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
caused by chronic dopamine ... irreversible • Drug
Receptor actions of sympathomimetic and dopaminergic agents.
Adrenaline (epinephrine) 
Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) 
Isoprenaline 
Dopamine 
Dopexamine 
Dobutamine 

#Pharmacology #Vasopressors
Isoprenaline Dopamine ... Dopexamine ... #Specificity #Dopamine