Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Flashcards
What is inflammation?
A process which begins following sublethal injury to tissue and ends with permanent destruction of tissue or complete healing
Mediators of the inflammatory response?
Endogenous substances that are stored or rapidly synthesized.
Act only at the site of injury.
Autacoids
An array of substances normally present in the body or formed there. Usually have a brief lifetime and act near their sites of synthesis.
Called local hormones or inflammatory mediators
Acute inflammation
Changes in blood vessel caliber and flow via:
-arteriolar dilation
-increased blood flow
slowing of flow, even to stasis
What is responsible for increased capillary permability
post capillary venules leak large molecules and contract the endothelium
How does leukocyte infiltration occur?
starts in postcapillary venules, leukocytes are paves and move into extracellular space.
Chemotaxis directs migration in response to stimuli.
Redness and heat occur because of…
vasodilation
Swelling occurs because of…
increased vascular permeability
Hypotension
widespread vasodilation, increased capillary permeability and fluid loss from circulation can contribute to decreased BP
Which mediators cause redness and vasodilation?
Histamine
PGE2
PGI2
Kinins
Which mediators cause swelling (increased vascular permeability)?
Histamine
Peptido leukotrienes (LTC4, LTD4, LTE4)
Kinins
Which mediators cause pain?
PGE
PGI
LTB4
Kinins
Chemotactic mediators?
LTB4 (neutrophils) Peptido leukotrienes (eosinophils)
Fever?
PGEs induce fever
Airway constriction?
Histamine
Peptidoleukotrienes
Kinins
PGD2
Hypotension
Kinins
Histamine
Histamine
Redness
Heat
Swelling
Airway constriction
What does histamine not cause?
chemotaxis
PGE2 and PGI2
Vasodilate
increase vascular permeability
Pain
PGD2 and thromboxane
bronchoconstriction
TXA2
Platelet aggregation (vasoconstriction)
PGI2
opposes platelet aggregation (vasodilation)
LTB4
chemotactic for PMNs
Reduce pain threshold
peptidoleukotrienes
bronchoconstriction
vascular perm.
chemotaxis (eosinophils)
Kinins
Everything
Kinins are a very strong…
vasodilator
Where is histamine found
high amounts in stomach, lung and skin
Histidine
AA, doesn’t do anthing
Histidine to Histamine via
L-histidine decarboxylase
Histamine on response curves
For most responses, antihistimines shift the agonist dose response curve right and look like a competitive antagonist
How many types of histamine receptors are there?
4 (H1 - H4)
H1
bronchoconstriction GI smooth muscle capillary permeability Pruritis Catecholamine release
H2
Gastric acid secretion
Inhibition of IGE mediated basophil histamine release
Inhibition of t lyphocytes
Cardiac effects of H1 and H2
increased heart rate, force of contraction, increased arrhythmias and slow AV conduction
Vasodilator effects of H1 and H2
H1 - rapid and short lived
H2 - dilation develops slowly and is sustained
Triple response caused by histamine
Vasodilation (1 and 2), Flare (H1), wheal (H2), pain and itching (H1)
First generation antihistamines SE
Sedation
Dry secretions
GI disturbances
Overdose of FG antihistamine?
Resembles atropine poisoning - dilated pupils, flushed face and fever with dry mouth.. etc.
Name FG antihistamine?
Diphenhydramine
Chlorpheniramine
CNS in first vs. second generation antihistamines?
Only a small amount of the second generation drugs cross BBB because they have affinity for the P-glycoprotein efflux pump.