Epinephrine is frequently used as a treatment for severe all…
Epinephrine is frequently used as a treatment for severe allergic reactions involving airway constriction and in emergency situations to treat bradycardia or cardiac arrest. Based on your knowledge of the autonomic nervous system, why is this an effective treatment?Imagine you were treating one of the above patients and had access to any kind of drug imaginable EXCEPT epinephrine. Again, based on your knowledge of autonomic signaling, what type of drug might work as an alternative in the above situations and why? (be specific; a drug that works exactly like epinephrine does not count).
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