anti-parasitics Flashcards
DOC for invasive amebiasis
metronidazole
Metronidazole use
giardia trichomonas anaerobic cocci anaerobic gram - bacili h. pylori in combo tx
metronidazole MOA
reduced by reacting with reduced ferredoxin = produces cytotoxic compounds
these bind proteins and DNA = unstable molecules - cell death
metronidazole PK
hepatic oxidation
glucuoronidation
CYP P450s
metronidazole AE
GI distress
**disulfiram with alcohol
leukopenia
unpleasant metallic taste
safety in pregnancy not established
Tinidazole
2nd generation nitroimidazole
better tolerated and shorter duration that metronidazole
Tinidazole AE
same as metronidazole
diloxanide furoate
luminal antiamebics
iodoquinol
luminal antiamebics
paraymomycin
luminal antiamebics
What can be used by itself to tx asymptomatic ameobiasis
diloxanide furoate
Iodoquinol use
orally against luminal trophozoite and cyst forms of entamobea
alternative to diloxanide furoate for mild-severe infections
Iodoquinol AE
Adverse: with long term use - risk of optic neuritis
rash, diarrhea, dose related peripheral neuropathy
Paramomycin
aminoglycside antibiotic
only effected against luminal forms of E. histolytica and tapeworm
alternative agent for cryptosporidiosis in AIDS pt
paromycin MOA
amebicidal = cell membranes become leaky
interferes with bacterial protein synthesis - binds to 30s ribosomal subunits
reduces intestinal flora population
chloroquine use
combo: metroniazole, diloxanite furoate
eliminates trophozites in liver abscesses
emetine/dihydroemetine
back up drugs for tx of severe intestinal or hepatic amebiasis
MOA: inhibit protein synthesis by bloking ribosomal movement along mRNA
albendazole MOA
tx of cestodal infections (t. solium, e. granulosis)
inhibits microtubule synthesis and glucose uptake
ATP production is decreased = worm immobilization and death
albendazole AE
1-3 days of tx: HA, nausea
3 months/hydatid tx: hepatotoxicity, agranulocytosis/pancytopenia
CONTRAINDICATED in pregnancy/children
DOC for trichuris trichuria
mebendazole (or albendazole)
DOC for enterobius vermicularis
mebendazole (or pyrantel pamoate)
DOC for hookworms/n. americanus and a. duodenale:
mebendazole (pyrantel pamoate or albendazole)
roundworm/ascariasis lumbricoides DOC:
mebendazole (albendazole, pyrantel pamoate)
mebendazole MOA
inhibts formation of helminth microtubules
blocks glucose tuptake
affects parasitse that are expelled with feces
mebendazole AE
contraindic in preg
caution in children <2 or with cirrhosis
Thiabendazole
tx: strongyloidiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, early stage of trichinosis
MOA: affects microtubular aggregation
thiabendazole AE
more toxic than other benzimidazoles
CNS disturbance
contraindic in pregnacy
erythema multiforme - stevens johnson
not used in presence of liver or kidney disease
doc for onchoceriasis
ivermectin
doc for CLM
ivermectin
doc for strongyloides
ivermectin
ivermectin MOA
GABA agonist
Cl- influx = inc hyperpolarization - death occurs later
does not cross BBB
Ivermectin AE
mazotti reactions with onchoceriasis: fever, dizzy, somnolence, hypotension
contraindic in pregnacy and meningitis
DONT give with drugs that enhance GABA: barbiturates and benzos