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Beta-1 vs Beta-2 receptor location |
"You have 1 heart and 2 lungs": Beta-1 are therefore primarily on heart. Beta-2 primarily on lungs. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
Cisplatin: major side effect, action |
"Ci-Splat-In": Major side effect: Splat (vomiting sound)--vomiting so severe that anti-nausea drug needed. Action: Goes Into the DNA strand. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
Pupils in overdose: morphine vs. amphetamine |
"MorPHINE: Fine. AmPHETamine: Fat": Morphine overdose: pupils constricted (fine). Amphetamine overdose: pupils dilated (fat). Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
Atropine use: tachycardia or bradycardia |
"A goes with B": Atropine used clinically to treat Bradycardia. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
Reserpine action |
Reserpine depletes the Reserves of catecholamines [and serotonin]. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Botulism toxin: action, related bungarotoxin |
Action: "Botulism Bottles up the Ach so it can't be the released": Related bungarotoxin: "Botulism is related to Beta Bungarotoxin (beta-, not alpha-bungarotoxin--alpha has different mechanism). Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Ipratropium: action |
Atropine is buried in the middle: iprAtropium, so it behaves like Atropine. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Bleomycin: action |
"Bleo-Mycin Blows My DNA to bits": Bleomycin works by fragmenting DNA (blowing it to bits). My DNA signals that its used for cancer (targeting self cells). Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Propranolol and related '-olol' drugs: usage |
"olol" is just two backwards lower case b's. Backward b's stand for "beta blocker". · Beta blockers include acebutolol, betaxolol, bisoprolol, oxprenolol, propranolol. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Succinylcholine: action, use |
Succinylcholine gets Stuck to Ach receptor, then Sucks ions in through open pore. You Suck stuff in through a mouth-tube, and drug is used for intubation. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
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