Synthesis of Acetylcholine
-Acetylcholine synthesis is the rate limiting step
-Choline is the rate limiting factor in the synthesis of acetylcholine
-Inactivation occurs by degradation, then reuptake
Muscarinic ACh Receptors
-Antagonists: Atropine. Symptoms: Dry as a stone, red as a beat, mad as a hatter, Constipation, tachycardia, fever, mydriasis etc.
-Trihexiphenidyl is M1 blocker used in PD for tremor
Ipratropium is M3 blockers used in asthma/COPD
-Agonists: Bethanecol, carbachol etc. Rarely used in ileus, atonic bladder.
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