Anti-inflammatory Drugs- Regal Flashcards
Explain the general process of inflammatory process
Injury —-> Mediators —-> Inflammation: redness, swelling, heat, and pain
These cause redness/vasodilation
Histamine, PGE2, PGI2, kinins
These cause swelling/increased vascular permeability
Histamine, peptido leukotrienes (LTC4, LTD4, LTE4)
These cause pain
PGE, PGI, LTB4, kinins
These are chemotactic/direct migration of WBC
LTB4 (neutrophils, etc), peptido leukotrienes (eosinophils)
These cause fever
PGEs induce fever!
These cause airway constriction
histamine, peptido leukotrienes, kinins, PGD2
These cause hypotension
Kinins, histamine
What happens with oral administration of histamine?
Nothing, it’s inactivated by enzymes in the intestinal wall or liver after ingestion.
What happens with intracutaneous administration of histamine?
“Triple response” Itching, pain, wheal and flare
What causes (1) Localized redness (2) Flare (3) Localized edema or wheal formation?
(1) Arteriolar dilation
(2) nerves dilating neighboring arterioles
(3) Increased capillary permeability with leakage of the postcapillary venules
Symptoms of intranasal histamine?
Intense itching, sneezing, hypersecretion, nasal blockage
Symptoms of IV histamine?
Hypotension, tachycardia, broncoconstriction, flushing, headache, wheal and flare, stimulation of mucus secretion and gastric acid secretion
Stimulation of the H1 receptor causes what?
Bronchoconstriction Contraction of GI smooth muscle Inc. capillary permeability (wheal) Pruritis (itch) and pain Release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla
Stimulation of the H2 receptor causes what?
Gastric acid secretion
Inhibition of IgE-mediated basophil histamine release
Inhibition of T lymphocyte mediated cytotoxicity
Suppression of Th2 cells and cytokines
Does first or second generation antihistamines have affinity for P-glycoprotein in the CNS?
Second generation has affinity for P-glycoprotein in CNS……Prob why the second generations are non-sedating…