Anesthesia Pharmacology: Autonomic Adrenergic
Practice Clinical Case Questions
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A ten-year old boy was referred to the asthma clinic for workup.
History: consistent with asthma; on pulmonary function testing, a marked reduction of FEV1 was noted.
(adapted from a case used in Medical Pharmacology, UCSF, 1998 ,courtesy of Dr. Susan Masters, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, used with permission.)
Autonomic drug: beneficial in treating asthma:
bethanechol (Urecholine)
acetylcholine
ipratropium (Atrovent)
scopolamine
mecamylamine (Inversine)
Drug category most likely to be effective in treating asthma: