What is atropine?
Atropine is a toxic alkaloid present in Belladonna and some other members of the Nightshade family. This bitter crystalline compound has a number of medical uses when employed in a controlled environment, and people also used it recreational, although this practice is not recommended. The pharmaceutical level of atropine is produced in a very controlled environment to ensure that the dose is accurate and safe. It also disrupts the effects of acetylcholine, causing relaxation of the body muscles. Atropine usually expands pupils and increases heart rate. It can also cause dizziness, nausea and a number of neurological symptoms because it intersects the blood -brain barrier. In serious overdose, atropine can lead to death.
The use of atropine uses the advantage of its effects on the body and is for good use. For example, it may be given to expand pupils or as an antispasmodic drug because it forces muscles to rest. Because it reduces secretion in the respiratory tract, atropine is also used in anesthesiology to make this secretE has reduced, which ensures that the patient does not experience the accumulation of fluid on the lungs. Atropine can also be used to treat organophosphate poisoning and to stimulate the heart in people with slowed heart rate.
Because atropine can be very dangerous, it should be used in controlled circumstances. Doctors must carefully calculate and measure the dosage to ensure that the atropine is appropriately used, and the approach to this drug is limited in many regions due to concerns about the possibility of abuse. People who use atropine recreationally do so in an effort to experience neurological symptoms and can do so by consuming Nightshaderodin members that may be the last thing they do because dosing atropin in one plant cannot be calculated.
The name of these chemical references atropos, one of the fates in Greek mythology. According to legend, Atropos decided how people would die. People have long known about the dangers of consuming a memberThe Nightshade family is due to atropin, and therefore potatoes and tomatoes were perceived with such a deep suspicion when they were introduced to Europe because these plants belong to this family. The eggplant, peppers and tobacco are also in the Nightshade family, which shows the diversity found between Solanaceae, because the members of this family are formally known.