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Anti- Parasitic Drugs Flashcards

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Macroscopic parasites

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taenia species (tapeworms), enterobius (pinworm), pediculus (head louse)

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Microscopic parasites

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Entamoeba (amebiasis), giardia (beaver fever), trichomonas, plasmodium (malaria)

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Beef tapeworm

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Taenia saginata

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Pork tapeworm

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Taenia solium

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Life cycle of Taenia species

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Humans ingest undercooked meat → attaches to intestine → becomes adult → eggs get into feces → cattle or pigs ingest contaminated vegetation → oncospheres get into musculature and stay there

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Structures at anterior end of tapeworm

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Hooks and suckers

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Cestocidal drugs

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Praziquantel, niclosamide

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Praziquantel mechanism

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Binds outer layer of parasite and produces vacuoles, which causes an influx of calcium and muscle contraction → paralysis, dislodgement, death

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Pk of praziquantel

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High bioavailability orally

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Clinical uses of praziquantel

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Drug of choice against cestode infections, given in a single oral dose but cannot chew due to bitter taste

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Adverse reactions to praziquantel

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Mild nausea, headache, abdominal discomfort

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Niclosamide mechanism

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Inhibits ATP production and rapidly kills scolex and segments of adult tapeworms

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Pk of niclosamide

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Minimally absorbed from gi tract (good thing)

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Clinical uses of niclosamide

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Second choice for taenia species, given as a single oral done but is cheaper and accessible

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Adverse reactions of niclosamide

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Rare; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

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Prevention of tapeworm reinfection

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Fully cook meat

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Life cycle of enterobius vermicularis

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Humans ingest eggs → larvae in si → adults in caecum → migrate to perianal region at night to lay eggs → eggs mature in 4-6 hours → ingested again

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Clinical presentation of enterobius vermicularis

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School-aged, asymptomatic, itching causes irritability, incontinence, weight loss

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Minimizing enterobius infection

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Personal hygiene, clean bedrooms, bed linen and night clothes changed frequently

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Drugs for enterobius vermicularis

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Mebendazole, pyrantel

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Mebendazole pk

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Given orally and minimally absorbed

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Mebendazole mechanism

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Binds beta tubulin so microtubules can’t polymerize → inhibits motility, glucose uptake, and division so parasite is slowly killed and expelled in feces

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When you should not give mebendazole

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When pt has diarrhea because quicker transit time means lower efficacy

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Clinical uses of mebendazole

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Pinworms - treat twice @2week intervals

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Adverse reactions of mebendazole

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Short-term is basically free of adverse effects, but is teratogenic

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Pyrantel pk

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Poorly absorbed from gi tract

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Pyrantel mechanism

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Acts at neuromuscular junction on nicotinic receptors to cause release of ACh and inhibition of AChE → paralysis → expulsion

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Pyrantel clinical uses

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Pinworms but narrower spectrum, treat twice @ 2 week interval

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Adverse reactions of pyrantel

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Mild nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

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Life cycle of pediculus capitis

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Stay on head and feed on human blood; go from egg to 1st nymph in 8-9 days and egg to adult in 18-21 days

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Clinical presentation of pediculus capitis

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Itchy head, most easily seen behind ears or back of neck

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Transmission of pediculus capitis

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Mainly direct head-to-head contact

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Drugs for pediculus capitis

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Permethrin and malathion

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Permethrin mechanism

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Keeps voltage-gated sodium channels open, which causes depolarization and paralysis

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Pk of permethrin

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Minimally absorbed through skin, rapidly inactivated in liver, high prevalence of resistance

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Malathion mechanism

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Irreversibly inhibits AChE —>paralysis

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Adverse reactions of permethrin and malathion

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Itching or burning of scalp that can persist for days after lice are killed

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Principles of pediculus capitis treatment

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They don’t kill eggs, retreat at 9-10 day intervals, treat bedmates at same time, treat household, manually remove nits after treatment

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Protozoa

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Eukaryotes with similar metabolic processes to the host, antiprotozoal drugs may cause significant toxicity

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Parasite that causes amebiasis

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Amebiasis

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Disease caused by E. Histolytica

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Life cycle of E histolytica

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Ingested by humans → cysts released in si and become trophozoites → turn back into cysts after replication → excreted in feces

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Outcomes of amebiasis

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Asymptomatic colonization in colon, invasive amoebic colitis, liver abscess, ameboma

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Categories of amebicidal drugs

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Luminal amebicides, systemic amebicides, mixed amebicides

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Luminal amebicides

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Used if you only have cysts and trophozoites it the bowel lumen (asymptomatic)

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Systemic amebicides

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Used if you have parasites in the intestinal wall and liver, but do not killed trophozoites or cysts in lumen

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Mixed amebicides

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Drug of preference for sick pts; kill parasites in lumen, wall, and liver

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Metronidazole pharmacokinetics

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Given orally, readily absorbed, and extensively distributed; metabolized by mixed-function oxidase and glucuronylation in liver, all excreted in urine; clearance will decrease if impaired liver function

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Metronidazole mechanism

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Ferrodoxin-like, low-redox potential, electron transport proteins transfer electrons to nitro groups of metronidazole → cytotoxic products

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Metronidazole adverse effects

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Nausea, vomiting, headache, abdominal cramps, metallic taste, alcohol causes nausea and vomiting, avoided in pregnant/nursing women because mutagenic in bacteria

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Clinical uses of metronidazole

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Drug of choice for diarrhea/dysentery but not reliable for luminal parasites so have to be given with luminal amebicide

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Iodoquinol uses

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After treatment of symptomatic amebiasis and for asymptomatic infections; effective against luminal stages

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Iodoquinol adverse effects

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Rash, diarrhea, peripheral neuropathy, optic neuritis (avoid long-term use)

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Treatment protocol for metastatic amebiasis

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High dosage metronidazole followed by iodoquinol

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Life cycle of Giardia lamblia

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Ingested through contaminated food /water → get into intestine but do not invade → excreted in feces but only cysts survive in environment

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Clinical signs of Giardia

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Usually asymptomatic but can cause severe diarrhea

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Drug of choice for Giardia

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Metronidazole at low doses but do not treat asymptomatic infections

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Trichomonas vaginalis residence

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Female lower genital tract, male urethra and prostate; do not survive in external environment, do not have cyst form

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Trichomoniasis

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Common sexually transmitted disease

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Clinical signs of trichomoniasis

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Vaginal discharge, vulvar itching, urination discomfort, men usually asymptomatic but can have urethral discharge or burning sensation

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Trichomoniasis treatment

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Metronidazole, typically single dose unless resistant, systemic therapy preferred, always treat sexual partner

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Most severe form of malaria

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Only parasites of malaria that cause clinical illness

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Erythrocytic

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Clinical signs of malaria

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Headache, back and limb pain, anorexia, nausea, fever, chills, anemia

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Cerebral malaria

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Slowly lapse into coma with convulsions because parasitized RBCs block cerebral blood vessels

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Plasmodium life cycle

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Infected mosquito injects sporozoites into human → infect liver and multiply asexually as tissue schizonts → liver cells burst and release merozoites that infect red blood cells → merozoites reproduce asexually in red blood cells as blood schizonts → infected RBCs burst and release gametes → mosquito picks up gametes and produces sporozoites

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Categories of malaria drugs

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Tissue schizonticides, blood schizonticides, gametocides

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Treatment of falciparum and malariae

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Only need blood schizonticides

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Treatment of vivax and ovale

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Need tissue and blood schizonticides

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Prevention of mosquito bites

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Insect repellents, insecticides, appropriate clothing, bed nets with permethrin

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Chloroquine clinical uses

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Chemo prophylaxis if parasites are sensitive to it, treatment of chloroquine-sensitive falciparum

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Chloroquine pk

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Taken orally once/week, rapidly absorbed and distributed, is a blood schizonticide, metabolized by liver and excreted in urine

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Chloroquine mechanism

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Concentrates in food vacuole and prevents polymerization of heme into hemozoin, resulting in oxidative damage and lysis

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Chloroquine resistance

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Mutations in membrane transporter

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Chloroquine adverse effects

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Minimal at low doses, at high doses can get nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, but can take after meals to minimize

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Mefloquine clinical uses

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Chemoprophylaxis and treatment of chloroquine-resistant falciparum

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Mefloquine resistance

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Less common; associated with quinine and halofantrine resistance

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Mefloquine pk

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Given orally once/week, well absorbed and distributed, eliminated slowly, blood schizonticide

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Mefloquine mechanism

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Concentrated in parasite and may inhibit heme polymerization; final result is membrane damage

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Mefloquine adverse reactions

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Neuropsychiatric toxicity, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sleep and behaviour disturbances

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Doxycycline clinical lenses

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Chemo prophylaxis of multidrug resistant falciparum, treatment of falciparum with quinidine or quinine

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Doxycycline pk

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Given daily orally, blood schizonticide

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Doxycycline mechanism

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Inhibits protein synthesis

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Doxycycline adverse effects

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Infrequent gi symptoms, photosensitivity

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