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  2. Cholinergic - Wikipedia

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    Scopolamine, an anticholinergic drug, was used to block cholinergic activity in young adults and induce memory impairments similar to those present in the elderly. The memory impairments were reversed when treated with physostigmine, a cholinergic agonist. However, reversing memory impairments in AD patients may not be this easy due to ...

  3. Parasympathomimetic drug - Wikipedia

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    A parasympathomimetic drug, sometimes called a cholinomimetic drug [1] or cholinergic receptor stimulating agent, [2] is a substance that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS). [3] [2] These chemicals are also called cholinergic drugs because acetylcholine (ACh) is the neurotransmitter used by the PSNS.

  4. Cholinergic blocking drug - Wikipedia

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    Cholinergic blocking drugs are a group of drugs that block the action of acetylcholine (ACh), a neurotransmitter, in synapses of the cholinergic nervous system. [1] They block acetylcholine from binding to cholinergic receptors, namely the nicotinic and muscarinic receptors.

  5. STUDY: Commonly prescribed anticholinergic drugs tied to 50% ...

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    The observational study suggests the link is strongest for certain classes of anticholinergic drugs, CNN reports. STUDY: Commonly prescribed anticholinergic drugs tied to 50% higher dementia risk ...

  6. Anticholinergic - Wikipedia

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    Anticholinergic drugs are used to treat a variety of conditions: Dizziness (including vertigo and motion sickness-related symptoms) Extrapyramidal symptoms, a potential side-effect of antipsychotic medications; Gastrointestinal disorders (e.g., peptic ulcers, diarrhea, pyloro spasm, diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, nausea, and vomiting)

  7. Category:Cholinergics - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are agonists of cholinergic receptors or lists of agonists of cholinergic receptors, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about agonists of cholinergic receptors in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .

  8. Scopolamine - Wikipedia

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    Physostigmine, a cholinergic drug that readily crosses the blood–brain barrier, has been used as an antidote to treat the central nervous system depression symptoms of a scopolamine overdose. [33] Other than this supportive treatment, gastric lavage and induced emesis (vomiting) are usually recommended as treatments for oral overdoses. [32]

  9. Cholinesterase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Paraoxon and rivastigmine are both acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors. [14] [11] [7]In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System database compared rivastigmine to the other ChEI drugs donepezil and galantamine found that rivastigmine was associated with a higher frequency of reports of death as an adverse event.