Parasympathomimetic drugs

1. Choline esters

Acetyl choline

Methacholine  - 10-30 mg , s/c

Carbachol- 0.2 – 0.5mg s/c , or 1-4mg , orally

Bethanechol- 2.5 mg s/c, 5 -30 mg orally

2. Naturally occurring  alkaloids

Polocarpine

Muscarine

Arecholine

3. A . Cholinesterase inhibitors

Physostigmine

Neostigmine

Pyrodostigmine

Benzpyrinium

Ambenonium

Edrophonium

Demecarium

 3. B Cholinesterase inhibitors (irreversible ) or organophosphorus

   compounds

 

DFP –(Di-iso-propyl fluorophosphate)

HETP- (Hexa ethyl tetra phosphate)

TEPP – (Tetra ethyl pyrophosphate)

OMPA – Octa methyl pyrophosphoramide)