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Atropine is a cholinergic antagonist which blocks the acetylcholine receptor causing increased sympathetic tone increasing the heart rate

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What effect does atropine have on heart rate?

Ventricular fibrillation, and supraventricular or ventricular tachycardia.


Why does atropine cause tachycardia?

Check out the atropine page at wikipedia.org for your answer.


What is the effect of atropine plus acetylcholine on frog heart?

Atropine blocks the action of acetylcholine on the heart, leading to an increase in heart rate. When atropine is added along with acetylcholine to the frog heart, the atropine will counteract the effects of acetylcholine, resulting in a lesser decrease in heart rate compared to when acetylcholine is applied alone.


Why would a doctor prescribe atropine?

atropine


Will pilocarpine reverse effect of atropine?

yes


What does atropine do the heart?

It blocks the vegus nerve/ parasympathetic heart. This means that the heart rate can not be slowed down.


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


Atropine sulfate preoperatively?

atropine sulfate is used as an antidote of anticholinesterase meds administered on patients with myasthenia gravis. Atropine sulfate should be also made available when performing the Tensilon Test to reverse the effect of Edrophonium injection.


Why does atropine effect histamine receptors?

It doesn't atropine only acts on muscarinic receptors (it's a competitive antagonist here for ACh), but histamine acts on different receptors (histamine receptors). There is no direct interaction between atropine and histamine receptors


Why atropine has no effect on blood pressure?

The muscarinic receptors in the vasculature are not inneravated by the parasympathetic nervous system. Therefore, atropine binds to these receptors, but causes no response since it is a pure muscarinic antagonist.


What is the drug injected into the heart to protect from chemical agents?

There are two drugs you get to carry around with you to keep you from dying in a chemical agent attack. One's atropine--one of the things nerve gas does to you is slows down your heart, and atropine speeds it up. The other is "2 Pam Chloride" which neutralizes the nerve agent.


Does atropine cause tachycardia?

Check out the atropine page at wikipedia.org for your answer.