anti helminthic/protozoal drugs Flashcards
1. List the prototype drugs used to treat helminth infections, describe their mechanism of action, their clinical activity, and list their major side effects. 2. List the prototype drugs used to treat amebiasis, describe their clinical activity and their mechanism of action, and list their significant side effects. 3. List the prototype drugs used to treat giardiasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis and trichomoniasis infections, describe their mechanism of action and clinical activity, and lis
Drugs against nematodes (roundworms)
albendazole Diethylcarbamazine ivermectin mebendazole pyrantel
drugs active against tremadotes (flukes)
praziquentel
bithionol
metrifonate
oxaniquine
drugs against cestodes (tapeworms)
nilosamine
praziquentel
albendazole
mebendazole
DOC for tapeworms
niclosamide
MOA of niclosamide
uncoupling of oxidasive phosphorylation, or by activating ATPases
result of niclosamide
detachment of bug from intestinal wall and evacuation
SE of niclosamide
slight abdominal discomfort
niclosamide will not work on
ova
way to remove tapeworm ova from GI
purging of tract, drugs will not usually kill
DOC for cestode AND trematode
praziquantil
MOA of praziquantil
increases permability of worm cell membrane to Ca++ ions.
results of praziquantil
massive contracture of worm body and impairs it’s ability to attach to intestinal wall
At high doses, can activate host immune reponse
SE of V
abdominal discomfort, fever, sedation, headache
anti-hemlith that has extensive first-pass metabilism
praziquantil
DOC for roundworms
-dazoles
very wide spectrum -dazole (nematodes and cestodes)
albendazole
MOA of albendazole
larvicidal effect due to inhibition of microtubule activity
SE of albendazole
reversible leukopenia, alopecia, eleveted liver enzymes, bone marrrow suppression in LTT
DOC for most GI nematodes
mebendazole
MOA for mebendazole
inhibition of hemlitnth glucose uptake, inhibition of microtuble polymerization