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| • | Exposure from
smoking |
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| • | Binds to
nicotinic cholinergic receptors |
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| – | Increase in HR |
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| – | Elevated BP |
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| • | Acute overdose
leads to excessive |
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| stimulation of
nicotinic receptors leading |
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| to ganglionic
paralysis |
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