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Question about Drugs
Good afternoon, I am currently very confused about adrenergic drugs and their toxic effects particularly reflex bradycardia or tachycardia. Will someone please clarify the mechanism of this? Here's what I understand thus far: 1) Decrease in blood pressure can stimulate baroreceptor...- LubDub0824
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- drug pharmacology tachycardia
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Acetylcholine and heartrate
So I got a Kaplan question saying that Ach administration INCREASES heart rate? I now get the mechanism they're going for. Ach --> peripheral vasodilation --> reflex tachycardia. But...like...what about the M2 muscarinic receptor on the heart?? Wouldn't Ach directly cause bradycardia by acting...- HereWeGo21
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- acetylcholine heart heartrate reflex tachycardia
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- Forum: USMLE and COMLEX Step I