(1) Echothiophate= acytlcholinesterase inhibitor

Usage= treat Glaucoma

Adverse effects = muscle spasms and other systemic effects

Mnemonic:

A man suffering from Glaucoma is relying on hearing an ECHO to determine the distance of objects near him (basically “seeing” like a bat). His doctor prescribes him Echothiophate to treat his glaucoma. Now, he can see but his THIGH (thi) has a tendency to spaz. He is so happy he can see that he responds to this symptom by saying “Oh (o), I guess it’s my FATE (phate)”.

(2) sort of skipping this one because I’m sure we all know this important drug: Atropine (belladonna).

Reminder:

Atropine = competitive antagonist for the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.

Atropine basically blocks the parasympathetic system. Therefore all of its effects/usage are basically anti-parasympathetic – or pseudo-sympathetic effects.

I can't think of any mnemonics for it. But there are a bunch of drugs that are derivatives of this and so have atropine (trop, opine, or pine) in the name. - So just look out for that

Examples:

* Homatropine (I went HOMe to take Atropine)

* tropamide (TROP from atropine with an amide attached)

(3) Benztropine

Here's another example - right half of the word TROPINE = atropine!!

First Aid's mnemonic is great!

Benztropine is used to treat Parkinson's disease. --> go PARK my Mercedes BENZ