The nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events.
2. Drugs acting on Nervous system
Drugs acting on Nervous system is classified into:
A.Drug acting on Autonomous Nervous system.
B.Drug acting on central and peripheral nervous
system.
3. Drug acting on Autonomous
Nervous system.
• It is classified into:
1.Cholinergic Drugs.
2.Anticholinergics drugs.
3.Drugs acting on autonomic Ganglia.
4.Adrenergic Drugs [sympathomimetics].
5.Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists/
Antiadrenergics.
4. Drug acting on central and
peripheral nervous system.
• It is classified into:
1)Skeletal muscle relaxants.
2)Local Anesthetics.
3)General Anesthetics.
4)Drug used in Pre-anaesthetic medication.
5)Sedatives & Hypnotics.
6)Anti-epileptic Drugs
7)Anti-parkinsonian Drugs.
8)Anti-psychotic Drugs.
9)Anti-anxiety Drugs.
10)Anti-depressants.
11)Anti-manic [mood stabilising ] Drugs.
16. Adrenergic Drugs [Sympathomimetics]
• It is classified into :
1. Based on biochemicalbasis.
a). Catacholamines.
I. Natural : Adrenaline, Noradrenaline, Dopamine.
II.Synthetic: Isoprenaline, Dobutamine.
b) Non catacholamines- Ephedrine, Amphetamine,
Mephentermine, phenylephrine.
17. Based on Mechanism of action
a) Directly acting – Adrenaline, Noradrenaline,
Isoprenaline, phenylephrine, salbutamol,
Methoxamine, Xylometazoline.
b) Indirectly acting – Tyramine.
c) Acting by both Mechanisms - Ephedrine,
Amphetamine, Mephentermine.
18. 3. Based on spectrum activity
a) α antagonists [Alpha]
I. α 1 selective- phenylephrine.
II. α 2 selective – clonidine [catapres]
b) β antagonist [Beta]
I. Non selective – Isoprenaline
II. β1 selective Dobutamine.
III.β2 selective – Terbutaline, Salbutamol.
c)α antagonists & β antagonist -Adrenaline,
Noradrenaline.
d)Dopamine agonists- Dopamine [D1& D2]
Fenoldopam [D1]
25. Centrally Acting muscle relaxants
a) Central α2 agonist – Tizanidine.
b) Mephenesin group – Mephenesin,
Carisoprodol, Methocarabamol,
Chlorozoxazone, Chloromezanone.
c) GABA derivatives: Baclofen.
d) Benzodiazepines: Diazepam and others.
34. Sedatives & Hypnotics
1. Barbiturates:
a) Ultra short acting: Thiopentone,
Methohexitone, Hexobarbitone.
b) Short acting: Secobabitone, Butobarbitone,
Pentobarbitone.
c) Long acting: Phenobarbitone,
Mephobarbitone.
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