Pharmacological Blog

Neurotransmission in adrenergic neurons closely resembles that already described for the cholinergic neurons , except that norepinephrine ...

1. Mechanism of action: The depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drug succinylcholine [suk-sin-ill-KOE-leen] attaches to the nicotinic re...

The first drug that was found to be capable of blocking the skeletal neuromuscular junction was curare, which the native hunters of the Am...

Inhaled ipratropium [i-pra-TROE-pee-um], a quaternary derivative of atropine, is useful in treating asthma in patients who are unable to t...

Scopolamine [skoe-POL-a-meen], another tertiary amine belladonna alkaloid, produces peripheral effects similar to those of atropine. How...