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    Pilocarpine is a lactone alkaloid originally extracted from plants of the Pilocarpus genus. It is used as a medication to reduce pressure inside the eye...
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    Adie's pupil is supersensitive to ACh so a muscarinic agonist (e.g. pilocarpine) whose dose would not be able to cause pupillary constriction in a normal...
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    acid), chewing gum, parasympathomimetic drugs (choline esters, e.g. pilocarpine hydrochloride, cholinesterase inhibitors), and other substances (sugar-free...
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  • alleviating or terminating the symptoms. These include artificial saliva, pilocarpine, zinc supplementation, alterations in drug therapy, and alpha lipoic...
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    unpredictable effects. The antidote for belladonna poisoning is physostigmine or pilocarpine, the same as for atropine. The potentially deadly ripe fruit of Atropa...
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    important pharmacologically as a source of the parasympathomimetic alkaloid pilocarpine. Many of the species have the common name jaborandi. The taxonomic name...
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  • family Rutaceae, native to northeast Brazil. It is a source of the drug pilocarpine. "Pilocarpus jaborandi Holmes". Plants of the World Online. Board of...
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    progression of visual field loss. Fotil is a combination drug consisting of: Pilocarpine, a parasympathomimetic Timolol, a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist...
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    segmental iris constriction, and sensitivity of pupil to a weak solution of pilocarpine. Oculomotor nerve palsy: Ischemia, intracranial aneurysm, demyelinating...
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    metabolism in marine organisms. One well-known imidazole alkaloid is pilocarpine, which is present in the leaves of Paraguay jaborandi. For instance,...
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  • Sweating is induced by pilocarpine iontophoresis. At the test site, an electrode is placed over gauze containing pilocarpine and electrolyte solution...
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  • (all muscarinic receptors) Plant alkaloids Arecoline Nicotine Muscarine Pilocarpine (M3 receptors) Indirect acting parasympathomimetic substances may be...
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    anaphylaxis. Bronchospasms are a possible side effect of some drugs: pilocarpine, beta blockers (used to treat hypertension), a paradoxical result of...
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    and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA) Some MAO inhibitors Pilocarpine eye drops and all other parasympathomimetics In some rare cases, when...
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  • that can cause overproduction of saliva include: aripiprazole clozapine pilocarpine ketamine potassium chlorate risperidone pyridostigmine Substances that...
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  • Brazil. Commercial production of the alkaloid muscarinic receptor agonist pilocarpine is derived entirely from the leaves of the shrub. Vegetation of Minas...
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    salivary flow, such as cevimeline (Evoxac) and pilocarpine. Salagen, a manufactured form of pilocarpine, can be used to help produce tears, as well as...
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    autonomic nervous system. Many drugs and other substances (for example pilocarpine and scopolamine) manipulate these two distinct receptors by acting as...
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    if a person sees an object of interest.[citation needed] If the drug pilocarpine is administered, the pupils will constrict and accommodation is increased...
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    stimulates secretion by the salivary glands, thereby alleviating dry mouth. Pilocarpine — a similar parasympathomimetic medication for dry mouth (xerostomia)...
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    Brazil, and P. pennatifolius from Paraguay) from which the medicine pilocarpine, used to treat glaucoma, is extracted. "Rutaceae Juss., nom. cons". Germplasm...
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    J, Epstein MS, Le ND, Silverman S (February 2004). "The efficacy of pilocarpine and bethanechol upon saliva production in cancer patients with hyposalivation...
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    Methacholine Milameline Muscarine NGX-267 Ocvimeline Oxotremorine PD-151,832 Pilocarpine RS86 Sabcomeline SDZ 210-086 Sebacylcholine Suberyldicholine Talsaclidine...
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    proposed as a potential treatment for schizophrenia. In the form of pilocarpine, muscarinic receptor agonists have been used medically for a short time...
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    absorption of aqueous humor). Miotic agents (parasympathomimetics), such as pilocarpine, work by contraction of the ciliary muscle, opening the trabecular meshwork...
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  • is positively charged and is therefore placed in the anode chamber. Pilocarpine iontophoresis is often used to stimulate sweat secretion, as part of...
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    either by directly stimulating the muscarinic receptor, for example pilocarpine, or by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which hydrolyses the...
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    Methacholine Milameline Muscarine NGX-267 Ocvimeline Oxotremorine PD-151,832 Pilocarpine RS86 Sabcomeline SDZ 210-086 Sebacylcholine Suberyldicholine Talsaclidine...
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    Methacholine Milameline Muscarine NGX-267 Ocvimeline Oxotremorine PD-151,832 Pilocarpine RS86 Sabcomeline SDZ 210-086 Sebacylcholine Suberyldicholine Talsaclidine...
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    Methacholine Milameline Muscarine NGX-267 Ocvimeline Oxotremorine PD-151,832 Pilocarpine RS86 Sabcomeline SDZ 210-086 Sebacylcholine Suberyldicholine Talsaclidine...
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