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What are adverse drug reactions?

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Any response to a drug which is noxious, unintended and occurs at doses used in man for prophylaxis (treatment to prevent disease), diagnosis or treatment

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What is prophylaxis?

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Treatment to prevent disease

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Adverse drug reactions are the what cause of death (number)?

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4th leading cause of death

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How much hospital admissions occur due to adverse drug reactions?

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6.5%

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How many inpatients suffer adverse drug reactions?

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10-20%

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What are the 3 classifications of the onset of adverse drug reactions?

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Acute

Sub-acute

Latent

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When do acute adverse drug reactions occur?

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Within 60 seconds

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What is an example of an acute adverse drug reaction?

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Bronchoconstriction

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When do sub-acute adverse drug reactions occur?

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1 to 24 hours

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What are examples of sub-acute adverse drug reactions?

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Rash

Serum sickness

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When do latent adverse drug reactions occur?

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More than 2 days later

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What is an example of a latent adverse drug reaction?

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Eczematous eruptions

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What are the 3 classifications of the severity of adverse drug reactions?

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Mild

Moderate

Severe

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What is a mild adverse drug reaction?

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Bothersome but requires no change in therapy

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What is an example of a mild adverse drug reaction?

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Metallic taste with metronidazole

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What is a moderate adverse drug reaction?

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One which requires a change in therapy and some additional treatment

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What is an example of a moderate adverse drug reaction?

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Amphotericin induced hypokalaemia

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What is a severe adverse drug reaction?

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Disabling or life threatening

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What is an example of a severe adverse drug reaction?

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Kidney failure

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What are the classifications of adverse drug reactions?

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Type A (augmented)

Type B (bizarre)

Type C (chronic)

Type D (delayed)

Type E (end of treatment)

Type F (failure of treatment)

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How can type A (augmented) drug reactions be described?

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Dose related

Predictable

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How can type B (bizarre) adverse drug reactions be described?

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Idiopathic

Unpredictable

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What are predisposing factors of adverse drug reactions?

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Multiple drug therapy (incidents increase exponentially with the number of medicaments)

Inter-current disease (renal and hepatic impairments)

Race and genetic polymorphisms

Age (elderly and neonates)

Sex (more common in woman)

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What does predisposing mean?

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Make more liable

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What are some inter-current diseases that increases the risk of adverse drug reactions?
Renal and hepatic impairment
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Who are more likely to experience adverse drug reactions out of men and woman?
Woman
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What are type A (augmented) adverse drug reactions due to?
Excess pharmacological action
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What are examples of excess pharmacological action that causes type A (augmented) adverse drug reactions?
Bradycardia with beta-blockers Hypoglycaemia with insulin
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What is the most common adverse reaction and what percentage of total reactions does this account for?
80% of adverse drug reactions are type A (augmented)
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What are the 2 types of type A (augmented) adverse drug reactions?
Augmentation of the primary effect Secondary effect
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What are some common type A adverse reactions?
Galactorrhoea with domperidon Dry mouth with tricylic antidepressants Glynaecomastia with spironolactone Bronchospasm with beta blockers
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What could some reasons for type A (augmented) adverse drug reactions be?
Too high a dose Pharmaceutical variation Pharmacokinetic variation Pharmacodynamic variation
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What are examples of pharmacodynamic variations?
Variations in: Dose Distribution Metabolism Elimination
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What is pharmacogenetics?
The study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways
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What are a number of drugs metabolised via, which is under genetic control?
Acetylation
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What are people who are slow metabolisers of drugs prone to?
Drug toxicity
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What diseases increase the likeliness of adverse drug reactions?
Renal and hepatic impairment Cardiac failure
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Why do renal and hepatic impairments increases the risk of adverse drug reactions?
Not excreted or metabolised so will build up and be toxic
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Why does cardiac failure lead to increased risk of adverse drug reactions?
Reduced drug absorption from gut so it builds up and becomes toxic
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What are most type A adverse drug reactions in nature?
Pharmacokinetic
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What can you say about type B (bizarre) adverse drug reactions and dose?
Type B reactions are unrelated to dose
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What can you say about the reversibility of type A and type B adverse drug reactions?
Type A are readilly reversible whereas type B are not
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What are type B adverse drug reactions common with?
Macromolecules Patients with a history of asthma HLA status (presence of particular HLA increases risk)
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What are some macromolecules associated with type B (bizarre) adverse drug reactions?
Proteins Vaccines Polypeptides
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What are the 2 mechanisms of type B adverse drug reactions?
Idiosyncratic (peculiar, individual) Drug allergy or hypersensitivity
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What are idiosyncritic type B adverse drug reactions due to?
Genetic abnormality such as enzyme dificiency or abnormal receptor activity
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What are the properties of hypersensitive type B adverse drug reactions?
No relation to the pharmacological action of the drug Delay between exposure and adverse drug reaction No dose response curve
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What is pharmacodynamics?
Branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions
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What may a difference in the response to a drug, in terms of pharmogenetics, be considered as?
Genetic Immunological
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What are the kinds of genetic abnormalities that lead to unpredictable responses to drugs?
Enzyme abnormality Receptor abnormality
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What are type C (chronic) adverse drug reactions related to?
Duration of treatment as well as the dose
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What do type C (chronic) adverse reactions not occur with?
A single dose
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What are examples of type C adverse drug reactions?
Iatrogenic Cushings disease Steroid induced osteoporosis Opiate dependance
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What are type D adverse drug reactions?
Delayed, occuring a long time after treatment
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What are examples of type D (delayed) adversed drug reactions?
Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis
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What is an example of teratogenesis type D adverse drug reaction?
Craniofacial malformations in children whose mothers were treated with isotreoin
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What is an example of carcinogenesis type D adverse drug reaction?
Second cancers in those treated with alkylating agens or immunosuppresive agents
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What is teratogenesis?
Abnormal congenital malformations in the foetus following in utero exposure due to maternal medications use during 1st trimester of pregnancy
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What are some teratogenic agents?
Cytotoxics Vitamin A Antithyroid drugs Steroids Oral anticoagulants
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What drugs should be avoided during pregnancy?
All drugs unless they are safe or the benifits outweight the potential risks
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What are type E adverse drug reactions?
Adverse effects that occur when a drug treatment is stopped especially suddenly following long term use
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What are examples of things that can cause type E adverse drug reactions?
Unstable angina and MI when beta blockers are stopped Addisonian crises when long term steroids are suddenly stopped Withdrawal seizures when anti-epileptics are stopped Alcohol
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When does rebound phenomena occur?
When adverse drugs are suddenly withdrawn
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What are some drugs that can cause a rebound phenomena?
Alcohol Benzodiazepines Beta blockers Corticosteroids
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What are type F adverse drug reactions?
A failure of therapy
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What is the frequency of type F adverse drug reactions and what are they related to?
They are common and are dose related
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What are type F adverse drug reactions often caused by?
Drug interactions
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What is the process of diagnosing adverse drug reactions?
1) Differential diagnosis 2) Medication history (past and present) 3) Assess time of onset and dose relationship 4) Laboratory investigations (plasma concentration measurements and allergy tests)
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What are laboratory tests used to diagnose adverse drug reactions?
Plasma concentration measurements Allergy tests
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Who are some people most at risk from adverse drug reactions?
Age (children and elderly) Multiple medications Multiple co-morbid conditions Inappropriate prescribing, use, or monitoring End-organ dysfunction Altered physiology Prior history of adverse drug reactions Extent (dose) and duration of exposure Genetic predisposition
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What are some drugs commonly involved in adverse drug reactions?
Antibiotics Antineoplastic Anticoagulants Cardiovascular drugs Hypoglycaemic Antihypertensive NSAID/analgesics Diagnostic agents CNS drugs Opiates
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What are some body systems commonly involved in adverse drug reactions?
Haematologic CNS Dermatologic/Allergic Metabolic Cardiovascular Gastrointestinal Renal/genitourinary Respiratory Sensory
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What can adverse drug reactions be reported to?
Yellow card scheme which collects information about: Side effects Medical device adverse incidents Defective medicines Counterfeit or fake medicines or medical devices
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What does the yellow card scheme collect information about?
Side effects Medical device adverse incidents Defective medicines Counterfeit or fake medicines or medical devices

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