scopolamine


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an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures

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Dr John Mwangi* from a local pharmacy in Kiambu says scopolamine is locally accessible but must be obtained with a genuine prescription from a qualified practitioner.
(6) showed that VUF-8430 microinjected icv in mice reversed deficits in emotional memory induced by scopolamine in the IAT, but the microinjection alone did not show effects on emotional memory.
Findings of light dark paradigm (Table 5) suggested that animals treated with aqP.a spent most of the time in dark compartment on both days which is due to the fact that aqueous extract prevented the mice brain from potential damages of scopolamine while nhP.a failed to do so.
showed that mice deprived of food displayed seizures after food intake in a study exploring the effects of scopolamine on memory and learning processes (28).
Group I treated as vehicle control (normal saline), Group II was treated with standard - (Piracetam 400 mg/kg/i.p.) and Groups III and IV were administered two different doses of EASL 50, 250 mg/kg/per orally, Group V is treated with scopolamine (0.4 mg/kg p.o)., respectively, which were administered up to 7 days.
And words like scopolamine, burandanga and, most ominously of all, Devil's Breath were tossed out for public consumption.
* ACB-2: Moderate anticholinergic effects, eg many phenothiazines (antipsychotics), amantadine (for Parkinson's), cimetidine, carbamazepine, scopolamine, loratadine and loperamide.
On her way back home, a lady gave her a flyer which was soaked in a potent street drug called Burundanga also known as scopolamine. When she noticed a strange feeling, she struggled to remain focused and drove home for safety.
Unlike scopolamine, a first-line medication for prevention of motion sickness whose side effects may include sedation, reduced memory for new information, impaired attention, lowered feelings of alertness, mental confusion, or delirium, GTP-011's active ingredient has been reported not to affect memory and cognition and has a low incidence of sedation.
UPLC-grade solvents methanol, acetonitrile (ACN), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), water, scopolamine, piracetam, and formic acid (FA) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, France).
The pharmacological model based on scopolamine, which temporarily blocks muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the brain, is widely regarded as a standard model for investigating cognitive deficits and may be useful in the search for improved procognitive drugs.
Healthcare company Perrigo Company plc (NYSE:PRGO) (TASE:PRGO) reported on Monday the availability of the prescription scopolamine 1.5 mg transdermal system patch in the market