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  #1

The pharmacological effects of cocaine are all except:
A.anesthesia
B.CNS stimulation
C respiratory stimulation
D. hypotension
e.mydriasis

  #2

hypotension(it can block nerve impulses and block reuptake of NE)

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  #3

If a drug abuse brought to ER in unconscious state and CT scan shows haemorrhage most likely drug is_____


ans:cocaine because it causes hypertension.

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  #4

thanks smiling face

  #5

thx grin

  #6

how does cocaine cause respiratory stimulation...? :?

  #7

must be by preventing the reuptake of NE at the presynaptic neuron in the respiratory center(or higher), mimicking a sympathetomimetic effect. You hyperventilate when you are anxious smiling face

  #8

thanks meg smiling face







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