Chemicals and Drugs

Cholinergic Antagonists

Drugs that bind to but do not activate CHOLINERGIC RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of ACETYLCHOLINE or cholinergic agonists.

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Abstract

Drugs that bind to but do not activate CHOLINERGIC RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of ACETYLCHOLINE or cholinergic agonists.

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Synonyms

31 entry terms
  • Acetylcholine Antagonist
  • Acetylcholine Antagonists
  • Cholinergic Antagonist
  • Cholinergic Receptor Antagonist
  • Cholinergic Receptor Antagonists
  • Cholinergic-Blocking Agent
  • Cholinergic-Blocking Agents
  • Cholinolytic
  • Cholinolytics
  • Agent, Cholinergic-Blocking
  • Agents, Cholinergic-Blocking
  • Antagonist, Acetylcholine
  • Antagonist, Cholinergic
  • Antagonist, Cholinergic Receptor
  • Antagonists, Acetylcholine
  • Antagonists, Cholinergic
  • Antagonists, Cholinergic Receptor
  • Cholinergic Blocking Agent
  • Cholinergic Blocking Agents
  • Receptor Antagonist, Cholinergic
  • Receptor Antagonists, Cholinergic
  • Anti-Cholinergic
  • Anti-Cholinergics
  • Anticholinergic
  • Anticholinergic Agent
  • Anticholinergic Agents
  • Anticholinergics
  • Agent, Anticholinergic
  • Agents, Anticholinergic
  • Anti Cholinergic
  • Anti Cholinergics

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

/adv eff: consider also ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME

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History Note

95; CHOLINERGIC-BLOCKING AGENTS was see PARASYMPATHOLYTICS 1963-94; CHOLINOLYTICS & ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS were see PARASYMPATHOLYTICS 1975-94

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  1. D27.505.519w.625.120.200w
  2. D27.505.696.577.120.200w

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QV 124

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cholinergic Antagonists. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018680. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018680
  2. Cholinergic Antagonists. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticholinergic
  3. Cholinergic Antagonists. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113259