Mechanism of Action
Use
Onset
Drug Class
100

Pure opioid antagonist that competes and displaces opioids at opioid receptor sites

What is Naloxone

100

Cardiac arrest/shock

What is Norepinephrine or Epinephrine

100

9-51 seconds

What is Propofol

100

Beta 1 selective inhibitor

What is Metoprolol

200

Competitively inhibits activity of the benzodiazepine receptor and GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex.

What is Flumazenil

200

Neuromuscular blocker

What is succinylcholine or rocuronium

200

30-60 seconds

What is etomidate

200

Nondihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker

What is verapamil

300

Acts similar to acetylcholine, produces depolarization of the motor endplate at the myoneural junction which causes sustained flaccid skeletal muscle paralysis produced by state of accommodation that develops in adjacent excitable muscle membranes

What is Succinylcholine

300
Opioid Reversal

What is Naloxone

300

~45 seconds

What is rocuronium

300

Cortisol Synthesis Inhibitor

What is Etomidate

400

Blocks acetylcholine from binding to receptors on motor endplate inhibiting depolarization

What is Rocuronium

400

Benzodiazepine Reversal

What is flumzenil

400

10-80 minutes

What is hydralazine

400

Alpha/beta agonist

What is epinephrine

500

Inhibits calcium ion from entering the “slow channels” or select voltage-sensitive areas of vascular smooth muscle and myocardium during depolarization; produces relaxation of coronary vascular smooth muscle and coronary vasodilation; increases myocardial oxygen delivery in patients with vasospastic angina; slows automaticity and conduction of AV node.

What is Verapamil

500

Cholinergic poisonings

What is atropine

500
Less than 5 minutes
What is propranolol
500

Non-selective beta blocker

What is propranolol

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