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Scopolamine Hydrobromide

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Definition: An alkaloid from SOLANACEAE, especially DATURA and SCOPOLIA. Scopolamine and its quaternary derivatives act as antimuscarinics like ATROPINE, but may have more central nervous system effects. Among the many uses are as an anesthetic premedication, in URINARY INCONTINENCE, in MOTION SICKNESS, as an antispasmodic, and as a mydriatic and cycloplegic.     
Pharmacological Action Adjuvants, Anesthesia; Cholinergic Antagonists; Muscarinic Antagonists; Mydriatics
Examples Scopolamine Derivatives 		Other names Hyoscine; Scopolamine; Transderm V; Hydrobromide, Scopolamine; BoroScopol; Boro Scopol; Winzer Brand of Scopolamine Borate; Vorigeno; Travacalm HO; Transderm-V; Transderm Scop; Scopolamine Cooper; Scopoderm TTS; Scopace; Roche Brand of Scopolamine Hydrobromide; Renaudin Brand of Scopolamine Hydrobromide; Novartis Consumer Health Brand of Scopolamine; Scoburen; Novartis Brand of Scopolamine; KwellsDrugs* : TRANSDERM SCOP
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Donnatal  0   *Atropine *Phenobarbital *Scopolamine Hydrobromide Drug Combinations. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1991;30(5):281
papaveretum-hyoscine  127060-78-0   *Opium *Scopolamine Hydrobromide Drug Combinations. Anesthesiology 1989;71(4):489
Spasmo-Bilicura  0   *Plant Extracts *Scopolamine Hydrobromide Drug Combinations Papaverine/*analogs & derivatives. Fortschr Med 95(47-48):2829;1977

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