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Direct acting cholinomimetics

1 Acetylcholine (both)

Not used therapeutically  because rapidly destroyed by
cholinestrase.

2 Carbachol (both)

Glaucoma treatment

Other uses are rare (due to high potency and long duration of
action

3 Bethanichol (muscarinic)

B for Bladder atony

B for Bowel atony

4 Pilocarpine (muscarinic)

 Patient’s GCS

G  Glaucoma treatment

C  cystic fibrosis treatment

S sojourn’s syndrome

* Glaucoma treatment (increase drainage of aqueous humour)
Chronically Open angle glaucoma (anterior chamber open

Filtration drainage in tissue)

Acutely angle closure glaucoma

*Cystic Fibrosis

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Sweat test (to measure Na and Cl excreted in sweat)

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Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman