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Physostigmine is a prescription medication that come in the form of injections and sublingual tablets. Physostigmine is used in the treatment of Alzheimer's, glaucoma, and delayed gastric emptying.
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What is Physostigmine?
Physostigmine is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor obtained from the Calabar bean. It is used to treat glaucoma and delayed gastric emptying.
Can you identify of what kind of drug is physostigmine?
Physostigmine is an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase which breaks down acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction. It is used in the treatment of Alzheimer's and memory loss.
Is physostigmine salicylate acid or base?
The physostigmine salicylate is a basic substance. The physostigmine salicylate is an alkaloid that is extracted from the Calabar bean. It is common because of its medicinal value.
Who was the African - American scientist who created synthetic physostigmine a drug used to treat glaucoma?
Percy Julian
What is the antidote for tricyclic antidepressants?
physostigmine
What is diphenhydramine hcl the antidote for?
physostigmine
What has the author Donald Webster Taylor written?
Donald Webster Taylor has written: 'Quantitative determination of physostigmine in solution' -- subject(s): Physostigmine
Why physostigmine is the antidote for atropine?
Physostigmine inhibit AchE (the enzyme that hadrolyse Ach), so Ach accumulate at synaptic cleft and banish the effect of atropine
Who created synthetic physostigmine?
Dr. Percy Julian
What is the antidote for acetylcholine?
The antidote is Phentolamine
Which drug is the antidote for an overdose from benzodiazepines like diazepam?
Physostigmine! (Usually the antidote for anything is either atropine or physostigmine, depending on whether your "poison" is an "upper" or "downer" on the nervous system, esentially)
Who was the African American scientist who created synthetic physostigmine?
Percy Julian
