Stimulate SNS (Sympathetic Agonist/ Sympathomimetic)
Alpha 1 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug interactions Uses and functions
Pseudoephedrine ▪ Restlessness ▪ fast heart rate ▪ agitation ▪ nervousness Avoid Caffeine intake, It is to relieve
▪ Nausea ▪ dizziness ▪ hyperactivity ▪ difficulty sleeping should not take with nasal congestion
▪ vomiting ▪ increased blood ▪ mydriasis ▪ stomach pain dihydroergotamine, caused by colds,
pressure ▪ tachycardia rasagiline, selegiline allergies, and hay
fever
Phenylephrine ▪ upset stomach ▪ irregular heartbeat ▪ ▪ nausea Avoid taking MAO Temporarily
▪ lightheadedness ▪ vomiting ▪ vomiting inhibitors relief’s stuffy nose,
▪ reduce blood flow to ▪ seizures ▪ headache, and sinus, and ear
your hands or feet nervousness symptoms
Midodrine ▪ numbness and ▪ blurred vision ▪ Hypertension ▪ slow heartbeat Should be taken Treats orthostatic
tingling ▪ difficulty urinating ▪ dizziness without food hypotension
▪ scalp itching ▪ Pounding in your ▪ fainting
▪ chills ears
Naphazoline ▪ Eye Pain ▪ increased sweating ▪ Hypertension ▪ stinging of the eye Avoid using alcohol or Decreases
▪ Changes in the ▪ headache ▪ bradycardia with ▪ watery eyes dizziness tobacco congestion,
Vision ▪ weakness dysrhythmia relieves allergies
▪ Severe headache ▪ hypotension and eye irritations.
Epinephrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ numbness on one ▪ blurred vision ▪ Dizziness Avoid Caffeine intake For bronchospasm,
▪ pale skin may occur side of the body ▪ pounding in ▪ Tremor asthma, cardiac
▪ trouble breathing ▪ decreased urination your neck or ▪ Palpitations arrest,
▪ sweating ▪ confusion ears ▪ nausea and vomiting anaphylaxis.
▪ cough with
foamy mucus
Ephedrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ Tachycardia • muscular ▪ High blood pressure avoid combination Treat hypotension,
▪ Headache ▪ cold sweat tremors ▪ Palpitations products that contains allergies, bronchial
▪ Nausea ▪ dilated pupils • convulsions ▪ Seizures ephedrine, asthma, and nasal
▪ Insomnia ▪ Death pseudoephedrine, congestion, to raise
▪ loss of appetite ephedra and caffeine blood pressure
Norepinephrine ▪ Slow heart rate ▪ excessive sweating • Should be ▪ Sudden Avoid Caffeine intake For severe shock,
▪ Confusion ▪ irregular heartbeat titrated to age- numbness/weakness/cold cardiac
▪ Nausea and vomiting ▪ intense headaches appropriate feeling in your body arrest
blood pressure ▪ Blue lips or fingernails
Stimulate SNS (Sympathetic Agonist/ Sympathomimetic)
Alpha 2 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug Uses and functions
interactions
Clonidine ▪ Mental depression ▪ Nervousness ▪ Lethargy ▪ Stroke treat high blood
▪ swelling of the feet ▪ Agitation ▪ Miosis ▪ itching, scaling, severe pressure/
and lower legs ▪ Shaking ▪ slurred speech redness, soreness, or hypertension, ADHD,
▪ blistering, burning, ▪ Headache swelling of the skin opiate withdrawal,
crusting, dryness, vascular headaches,
or flaking of the glaucoma, ulcerative
skin colitis,
Tourette’s
syndrome,severe pain
in cancer patients
Epinephrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ numbness on one ▪ blurred vision ▪ Dizziness Avoid Caffeine intake For bronchospasm,
▪ pale skin may side of the body ▪ pounding in your ▪ Tremor asthma, cardiac arrest,
occur ▪ decreased urination neck or ears, ▪ Palpitations anaphylaxis
▪ trouble breathing ▪ confusion sweating ▪ Headache
▪ sweating ▪ cough with ▪ nausea and vomiting
foamy mucus
Ephedrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ Tachycardia • muscular tremors ▪ High blood pressure avoid combination Treat hypotension,
▪ Headache ▪ cold sweat • convulsions ▪ Palpitations products that contains allergies, bronchial
▪ Nausea ▪ dilated pupils ▪ Seizures ephedrine, asthma, and nasal
▪ Insomnia ▪ Death pseudoephedrine, congestion, to raise
▪ loss of appetite ephedra and caffeine blood pressure
Norepinephrine ▪ Slow heart rate ▪ excessive sweating • Should be titrated ▪ Sudden Avoid Caffeine intake For severe shock,
▪ Confusion ▪ irregular heartbeat to age- numbness/weakness/cold cardiac
▪ Nausea and ▪ intense headaches appropriate blood feeling in your body arrest
vomiting pressure ▪ Blue lips or fingernails
Stimulate SNS (Sympathetic Agonist/ Sympathomimetic)
Beta 1 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug Uses and
interactions functions
Isoproterenol ▪ headache, dizziness, ▪ Chest Pain ▪ ▪ Upset stomach Caution in Containing Treats Heart
nervousness ▪ Flushing sulfites which may Block, Shock, and
▪ nausea ▪ Dyspnea provoke an allergic Bronchospasm
▪ blurred vision reaction in patients
with a sulfa allergy
Dobutamine ▪ Nervousness ▪ chest pain, ▪ Has a rare toxicity ▪ rise in the systolic blood contraindicated in use in patients with
▪ Palpitations ▪ headaches pressure patients with a decreased
▪ Nausea and vomiting ▪ tremors ▪ risk of rapid ventricular history of idiopathic contractility or
▪ nausea, and response hypertrophic sub- cardiac surgical
procedures leading
vomiting aortic stenosis
to cardiac
decompensation
Isoprenaline ▪ Nausea ▪ Angina ▪ ▪ Tachycardia Avoid coffees, teas,
▪ Vomiting ▪ arrhythmias ▪ Nausea, vomiting colas or chocolate
▪ Weakness ▪ Increased serum glucose
▪ Confusion ▪ myocardial necrosis
Norepinephrine ▪ Slow heart rate ▪ excessive sweating ▪ Should be titrated ▪ Sudden Avoid Caffeine For severe shock,
▪ Confusion ▪ irregular heartbeat to age-appropriate numbness/weakness/cold intake cardiac
▪ Nausea and vomiting ▪ intense headaches blood pressure feeling in your body arrest
▪ Blue lips or fingernails
Epinephrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ numbness on one ▪ blurred vision ▪ \Dizziness Avoid Caffeine For bronchospasm,
▪ pale skin may occur side of the body ▪ pounding in your ▪ Tremor intake asthma, cardiac
▪ trouble breathing ▪ decreased urination neck or ears, ▪ Palpitations arrest,
▪ sweating ▪ confusion sweating ▪ Headache anaphylaxis
▪ cough with foamy ▪ nausea and vomiting
mucus
Ephedrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ Tachycardia • muscular tremors ▪ High blood pressure avoid combination Treat hypotension,
▪ Headache ▪ cold sweat • convulsions ▪ Palpitations products that allergies, bronchial
▪ Nausea ▪ dilated pupils ▪ Seizures contains ephedrine, asthma, and nasal
▪ Insomnia ▪ Death pseudoephedrine, congestion, to raise
▪ loss of appetite ephedra and caffeine blood pressure
Stimulate SNS (Sympathetic Agonist/ Sympathomimetic)
Beta 2 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug Uses and
interactions functions
Isoproterenol ▪ headache, dizziness, ▪ Chest Pain ▪ ▪ Upset stomach Caution in Containing Treats Heart
nervousness ▪ Flushing sulfites which may Block, Shock, and
▪ nausea ▪ Dyspnea provoke an allergic Bronchospasm
▪ blurred vision reaction in patients
with a sulfa allergy
Albuterol ▪ irregular heart rate ▪ swelling of your ▪ Increased heart ▪ Wheezing Can take this with or A bronchodilator
▪ shakiness throat or tongue rate (up to 200 ▪ skin rash without food. that treats
▪ dizziness ▪ hives beats a minute) ▪ trouble swallowing shortness of breath
Isoprenaline ▪ Nausea ▪ Angina ▪ ▪ Tachycardia Avoid coffees, teas,
▪ Vomiting ▪ arrhythmias ▪ Nausea, vomiting colas or chocolate
▪ Weakness ▪ Increased serum glucose
▪ Confusion ▪ myocardial necrosis
Norepinephrine ▪ Slow heart rate ▪ excessive sweating ▪ Should be titrated ▪ Sudden Avoid Caffeine For severe shock,
▪ Confusion ▪ irregular heartbeat to age-appropriate numbness/weakness/cold intake cardiac
▪ Nausea and vomiting ▪ intense headaches blood pressure feeling in your body arrest
▪ Blue lips or fingernails
Epinephrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ numbness on one ▪ blurred vision ▪ \Dizziness Avoid Caffeine For bronchospasm,
▪ pale skin may occur side of the body ▪ pounding in your ▪ Tremor intake asthma, cardiac
▪ trouble breathing ▪ decreased urination neck or ears, ▪ Palpitations arrest,
▪ sweating ▪ confusion sweating ▪ Headache anaphylaxis
▪ cough with foamy ▪ nausea and vomiting
mucus
Ephedrine ▪ Anxiety ▪ Tachycardia • muscular tremors ▪ High blood pressure Avoid combination Treat hypotension,
▪ Headache ▪ cold sweat • convulsions ▪ Palpitations products that allergies, bronchial
▪ Nausea ▪ dilated pupils ▪ Seizures contains ephedrine, asthma, and nasal
▪ Insomnia ▪ Death pseudoephedrine, congestion, to raise
▪ loss of appetite ephedra and caffeine blood pressure
Salmetarol ▪ runny nose ▪ shaking of a part of • Salmetarol ▪ swelling of the face, should not be used at treatment of
▪ throat irritation your body that you overdose throat, tongue, lips, or or around the time of asthma and COPD
▪ sinus pain cannot control eyes eating food and
▪ Nausea, vomiting ▪ excessive tiredness ▪ hoarseness avoid alcohol or
▪ headache ▪ difficulty swallowing tobacco
INHIBITS SNS (ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS/ Sympatholytic)
Alpha 1 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug interactions Uses and functions
Alfuzosin ▪ headache ▪ dizziness ▪ hypotension ▪ Rash Inform the doctor if relaxes the muscles
▪ stomach pain ▪ lightheadedness ▪ difficulty swallowing or you are eating in prostate and
▪ nausea ▪ blurred vision breathing grapefruit or drinking bladder to allow
▪ fainting grapefruit juice while urine to flow more
taking this medication easily
Prazosin ▪ weakness ▪ drowsiness ▪ Toxic doses are ▪ fast, pounding, or reduced salt (sodium) treat hypertension,
▪ tiredness ▪ decreased reflexes ranging from irregular heartbeat diet it relaxes the blood
▪ headache ▪ fainting 285 mcg/kg to ▪ painful erection of the vessels so that
▪ nausea 1.7 mg/kg penis that lasts for hours blood can flow
▪ rash more easily
through the body
Terazosin ▪ tiredness ▪ dizziness ▪ hypotension ▪ Hives reduced salt (sodium) treat the symptoms
▪ back pain ▪ lightheadedness ▪ shortness of breath diet of an enlarged
▪ nausea ▪ blurred vision ▪ rapid, pounding, or prostate
▪ decreased sexual irregular heartbeat
ability
Alpha 2 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug interactions Uses and functions
Mirtazapine ▪ Dry mouth ▪ flu-like symptoms, ▪ Mirtazapine ▪ Increased serum Avoid MAO inhibitors treatment of a
▪ Increased appetite fever, chills, sore overdose cholesterol major depressive
▪ Lack of energy throat, mouth sores, ▪ Drowsiness disorder
or other signs of ▪ Constipation
infection
INHIBITS SNS (ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS/ Sympatholytic)
Beta 1 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug interactions Uses and functions
Propranolol ▪ Hypotension ▪ slow heartbeat ▪ hypotension ▪ swelling of the face, - Avoid alcohol. It treats Hypertension,
▪ bradycardia ▪ hypoglycemic throat, tongue, or lips Alcohol increases Cardiac, arrhythmias,
▪ fatigue seizure ▪ irregular heartbeat propranolol plasma Angina pectoris,
▪ depression ▪ restlessness ▪ blistering concentrations. Migraine headache
▪ hypoglycemia ▪ euphoria - Avoid natural
▪ insomnia licorice. Natural
licorice inhibits the
metabolism of
propranolol.
- Must be taken with
food
Atenolol ▪ cold hands or feet ▪ slurred speech ▪ can make ▪ trouble breathing Avoid using of alcohol Treats high blood
▪ tightness in chest ▪ unusual drowsiness, asthma or ▪ red rash and tobacco pressure/hypertension,
▪ sweating dullness, tiredness, COPD worse ▪ swelling of your throat reduce angina
weakness, or feeling or tongue
of sluggishness
Metoprolol ▪ nausea, vomiting ▪ dizziness ▪ Slows down ▪ heart failure Cardiac glycosides in treatment for angina,
▪ dry mouth ▪ trembling heart rate and exacerbation pleurisy root may heart failure,
▪ stomach pain make it difficult ▪ fatigue interfere the effect myocardial infarction,
▪ tiredness to breathe ▪ depression atrial fibrillation, and
▪ bradycardia hypertension
▪ hypotension
▪ bronchospasm
Beta 2 Side effects Symptoms Toxicity Adverse effect Food & drug interactions Uses and functions
Propranolol ▪ Hypotension ▪ slow heartbeat ▪ hypotension ▪ swelling of the face, - Avoid alcohol. It treats
▪ bradycardia ▪ hypoglycemic throat, tongue, or lips - Avoid natural Hypertension,
▪ fatigue seizure ▪ irregular heartbeat licorice. Cardiac,
▪ depression ▪ restlessness ▪ blistering - Must be taken with arrhythmias,
▪ hypoglycemia ▪ euphoria food Angina pectoris,
▪ insomnia Migraine headache
