oxymetazoline 2

Question 1

list 6 nasal decongestants and what are their brand names?

and draw their structures off the top of your head

Answer 1

oxymetazoline: sinex Sudafed

Xylometazoline: Otrivin, Otrivine

Phenylephrine: Sudafed PE

Naphazoline: Patented in 1934

Ephedrine: Also found in Ephedra plants

Pseudoephadrine (PSE): Sudafed (not PE), Sinutab

the structures are found on slide 2

Question 2

draw the structure of imidazole and number the positions correctly

Answer 2

found on slide 3

Question 3

Methamphetamine is a ___________

Answer 3

Potent CNS stimulant – recreational drug, 2nd line treatment for ADHD/obesity

Question 4

Amphetamine and Levoamphetamine are _____________

Answer 4

Central nervous system (CNS) stimulant – for ADHD, obesity, narcolepsy