Scopolamine
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Anticholinergics
- Atropine (Homatropine and Tropicamide)
- Glycopyrrolate
- Hyoscyamine & Dicyclomine
- Oxybutynin Solifenacin Tolterodine
- Scopolamine
Summary
Scopolamine is a centrally acting muscarinic antagonist that blocks central M1 receptors to help treat motion sickness.
Key Points
- Scopolamine
- Mechanism
- Muscarinic Antagonist
- Blocks M1 Muscarinic Receptors in CNS
- Muscarinic Antagonist
- Clinical Use
- Motion sickness (vestibular nausea)
- Scopolamine patches are widely prescribed to treat seasickness or secondary causes of vestibular nausea (e.g. Meniere’s disease)
- Motion sickness (vestibular nausea)
- Mechanism