1. Anti-parasitic Drugs - Antiprotozoals Part 1 Flashcards
Anti-malarial Agents (3)
Chloroquine
Mefloquine
Primaquine
Anti-amebic (2)
Metronidazole
Iodoquinol
Drugs for Trichimoniasis
Metronidazole
Drugs for Giardiasis
Metronidazole
Drugs for Pneumocystosis
Trimethoprime + Sulfamethoxazole
Drugs for Leishmaniasis (3)
Sodium stibogluconate
Meltifosine
Amphotericin B
Drugs for Trypanosomiasis (3)
Nifurtimox - Chaga’s Disease
Suramin - Hemolymphatic stage
Melasoprol - CNS and mucocutaneous
Drugs for Toxoplasmosis
Pyrimethamine + Sulfadiazine
Malarial Drugs: Plasmodium Falciparum and Side Effects (2)
Chloroquine
- Severe fever
- Parasitized RBC occlude capillaries in brain, kidneys, lungs
Malarial Drugs: Plasmodium Malariae
Chloroquine
Malarial Drugs: Plasmodium Vivax
Chloroquine + Primaquine
Malarial Drugs: Plasmodium Ovale and Side effects
Chloroquine + Primaquine
Fever, chills, headache, splenomegaly, anemia
Malarial Drugs: Prophylaxis (3)
Chloroquine
Mefloquine
Doxycycline
Malarial Drugs: Treatment
Chloroquine
Mefloquine
Primaquine
Malarial Drugs for Travel: Areas without resistant P falciparum
Cholorquine
Malarial Drugs for Travel: Areas with chloroquine-resistant P falciparum (2)
Malarone
Mefloquine
Malarial Drugs for Travel: Areas with multidrug resistant P falciparum
Doxycycline
Malarial Drugs for Travel: Alternative for primary prevention (2)
Primaquine
Terminal prophylaxis of P vivax and P ovale
Malarial Drugs: Chloroquine MOA (2)
Prevents the biocrystallization
of hemoglobin to hemozoin
Inhibits parasite’s ability to digest hemoglobin
Malarial Drugs: Chloroquine Uses (2)
Malaria (kills active erythrocytic phase of all species)
Amebic liver abscess
Malarial Drugs: Chloroquine C/I
Psoriasis and porphyria
Malarial Drugs: Chloroquine Adverse Effets
Pruritis
Blurring of vision
Nausea
Vomiting
Long Term Use: Irreversible otoxicity Retinopathy Myopathy Peripheral neuropathy Hemolysis (G6PD deficiency)
Malarial Drugs: Artemether MOA
Inhibition of parasite calcium ATP
Malarial Drugs: Artemether Uses
Complicated M. falciparum
Malarial Drugs: Artemether Adverse Effects (5)
NVD
Dizziness
Neutropenia
Elevate liver enzmyes and allergic reactions
Malarial Drugs: Quinine and Quinidine MOA
Complexes with DNA to prevent strand separation, blockade of DNA replication and transcription to RNA
Malarial Drugs: Quinine and Quinidine Uses (2)
Severe M. falciparum
Babesiosis
Malarial Drugs: Quinine and Quinidine Adverse Effects (4)
Cinchonism- tinnitus, headache, nausea, dizziness, flushing and visual disturbances.
Hypersensitivity
Hemolysis (G6PD deficient)
Blackwater fever
Malarial Drugs: Quinine and Quinidine C/I (3)
Visual, auditory, and cardiac problems
Malarial Drugs: Mefloquine Uses (2)
Chloroquine resistant malaria
Prophylaxis and treatment
Malarial Drugs: Mefloquine Adverse Effects (5)
Neuropsychiatric toxicity
Depression
Psychosis
Seizures
Cardiac problems
Malarial Drugs: Primaquine MOA
Acts as cellular oxidants