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Muscarinic Antagonists

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Definition: Drugs that bind to but do not activate MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of endogenous ACETYLCHOLINE or exogenous agonists. Muscarinic antagonists have widespread effects including actions on the iris and ciliary muscle of the eye, the heart and blood vessels, secretions of the respiratory tract, GI system, and salivary glands, GI motility, urinary bladder tone, and the central nervous system.     
See Also Parasympatholytics 		Other names Antagonists, Muscarinic; Agents, Antimuscarinic; Antimuscarinics; Antimuscarinic Agents
Substances having this pharmacologic action: chlordiazepoxide, clidinium drug combination; 4-diphenylacetoxy-1,1-dimethylpiperidinium; fencarbamide; oxybutynin; bornaprine; Pirenzepine; Atropine; Procyclidine; Propantheline; Propylbenzilylcholine Mustard; Quinidine; Quinuclidinyl Benzilate; Scopolamine Hydrobromide; Trihexyphenidyl; Tropicamide; Orphenadrine; Oxyphenonium; Glycopyrrolate; Benactyzine; Cyclopentolate; Emepronium; Benztropine; Biperiden; Butylscopolammonium Bromide; Dicyclomine; Dexetimide; octylonium; solifenacin succinate; tolterodine; chlorphenoxamine; octotropine methylbromide; darifenacin; methantheline; profenamine; 4-fluorohexahydrosiladifenidol; hexahydrosiladifenidol
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
biphenyl-2-yl-carbamic acid 1-(9-(2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-quinolin-5-yl)ethylamino)nonyl)piperidin-4-yl ester  0   *Carbamates *Quinolones Muscarinic Antagonists Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Antagonists. Mol Pharmacol 2011 Mar;79(3):389-99
cyclotropium  82496-87-5 (8-methyl-8-propan-2-yl-8-azoniabicyclo(3.2.1)oct-3-yl) 2-cyclopentyl-2-phenyl-acetate bromide  *Tropanes Parasympatholytics Muscarinic Antagonists. Arzneimittelforsch 1983;33(12):1691

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