adverse drug reaction and drug interactions Flashcards
an injury resulting from medical intervention related to a drug and includes ADRs
adverse drug event
TRUE OR FALSE
the result of the intrinsic properties of the drug and can be prevented
false
cannot be prevented
types of ADR
- Augmented
- Bizarre
- Continuous
- Delayed
- End-of-use
- Failure of efficacy
the way the drug is handled by the body during absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion may affect humans in an adverse manner
pharmacokinetic
the most common type of ADR
augmented
TYPE OF ADR
- predictable and dose-related
- responsible for the majority of ADRs
- usually caused by concomitant dx states, drug-drug interaction or drug interactions
augmented
subtypes of augmented ADR
- extension effects – related to pharmacological activity
- side effects – unrelated to pharmacological activity
TYPE OF ADR
- very uncommon
- unpredictable and not dose-related
- have no relation to the pharmacological action of the drug
bizarre
TYPE OF ADR
- reaction disappers upon discontinuation
- illness often recognizable as immunological response
- reaction is undetectable during conventional testing
bizarre
subtypes of bizarre ADR
- idiosyncrasy – genetically determined
- hypersensitivity reactions – response to environmental antigens
a rare and serious skin and mucous membrane disorder and is usually a medication reaction that begins with flu-like symptoms and progresses to a painful rash that spreads and blisters
Steven Johnson’s Syndrom
examples of drugs that can cause SJS
- carbamazepine
- phenytoin
- sulfonamides
- sulfasalazine
- paracetamol
- naproxen
- allopurinol
HYPERSENSITIVY REACTIONS
- most common category of allergic reaction
- occurs after antigen binds onto IgE found on the surfaces of mast cells
type I
Immediate or Anaphylactic Immune Response
drug of choice for anaphylactic shock
epinephrine
a life-saving drug that treats the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction by stopping the airway from swelling
epinephrine
HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
initiated by antibody directed against antigens found on the cell membrane of a given target cell
type II
Cytotoxic Reactions
HYPERSENSITIVY REACTIONS
- tissue deposition of antigen-antibody complexes with complement activation and tissue damage
type III
Immune Complex Hypersensitivity
HYPERSENSITIVY REACTIONS
examples are:
* hemolytic anemia (Methyldopa)
* aplastic anemia (Chloramphenicol)
* blood transfusion reactions
type II
HYPERSENSITIVY REACTIONS
examples are:
* blood dyscrasias or serum sickness
* Arthus reaction
* SLE (Hydralazine, Phenytoin, INH, Procainamide)
type III
an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue; can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, and other organs
SLE - butterfly rashes