List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 525

Cisapride is a gastroprokinetic agent a drug that increases motility in the upper gastrointestinal tract. It acts directly as a serotonin 5-HT4 receptor agonist and indirectly as a parasympathomimetic. Stimulation […]

Echothiophate (Phospholine) is a parasympathomimetic and a phosphorothioate. It is an irreversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

Tacrine is a centrally acting anticholinesterase and indirect cholinergic agonist (parasympathomimetic). It was the first centrally-acting cholinesterase inhibitor approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and was marketed under the […]

Pyridostigmine is a parasympathomimetic and a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. Since it is a quaternary amine it is poorly absorbed in the gut and does not cross the blood–brain barrier except […]

Teriparatide (Forteo Eli Lilly and Company) is a recombinant form of parathyroid hormone. It is an effective anabolic (i.e. bone growing) agent used in the treatment of some forms of […]

Physostigmine (also known as eserine from éséré West African name for the Calabar bean) is a parasympathomimetic alkaloid specifically a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. It occurs naturally in the Calabar bean.The […]

Neostigmine (Prostigmin Vagostigmin) is a parasympathomimetic that acts as a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

Carbachol (Carbastat Carboptic Isopto Carbachol Miostat) also known as carbamylcholine is a cholinomimetic drug that binds and activates the acetylcholine receptor. Thus it is classified as a cholinergic agonist. It […]

Bethanechol is a parasympathomimetic choline carbamate that selectively stimulates muscarinic receptors without any effect on nicotinic receptors. Unlike acetylcholine bethanechol is not hydrolyzed by cholinesterase and will therefore have a […]

Flecainide acetate (/flɛˈkeɪnaɪd/ US dict: fle·kā′·nīd) is a class Ic antiarrhythmic agent used to prevent and treat tachyarrhythmias (abnormal fast rhythms of the heart).