a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
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atropine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | toxicant, antidote, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, alkaloid, counterpoison, mydriatic, mydriatic drug, poison, poisonous substance, spasmolytic |
| Has types | belladonna |
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The endpoint of atropine administration is the clearing of bronchial secretions.
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The major physiological antidote is atropine, which is used to treat bradycardia.
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Treatment often consists of the administration of atropine and cardiac pacing.
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The limitation of atropine is that it is only indicated for use against soman.
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Atropine is contraindicated in patients pre-disposed to narrow angle glaucoma.
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In 1831, the pharmacist Mein succeeded the pure crystalline isolation of atropine.
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Goodspeed injects himself in the heart with atropine as Frye dies from the VX gas.
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They are stimulated by muscarine and acetylcholine, and blocked by atropine.
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To overcome this, soldiers were sometimes issued atropine eye drops to dilate pupils.
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- A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
- Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) and other plants of the family Solanaceae. It is a secondary metabolite of these plants and serves as a drug with a wide variety of effects. ...
- Atropine is the third album released by the Black Metal band Velvet Cacoon.
- An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils)
- "An anticholinergic, with diverse effects (tachycardia, mydriasis, cycloplegia, constipation, urinary retention) attributable to reversible competitive blockade of acetylcholine at muscarinic type cholinergic receptors; used in the treatment of poisoning with organophosphate insecticides or ...
- A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C17H23NO3, from belladonna and related plants, used to relieve spasms of smooth muscles. It is an anticholinergic agent.
- A drug which has the effect of blocking vagal stimulation, speeding up the heart. Also used during ALS to reverse asystole and bradycardia
- A medication that is used to control drooling.
- A drug used to speed up the heart rate. (Example: "Heart rate's still low. Give him another milligram of atropine.")
