Anti-TB Flashcards
1st line of ATT
Rifampin Isoniazid Pyrizinamide Ethambutol Dapsone Streptomycin
2nd line of ATT?
Kanamycin n amikacin
Cycloserine
Capreomycin
PAS
Why is 2nd line of ATT Not preferred?
More toxic
Less effective
ATT REGIME for latent TB?
INH x6-9montha
Rifampin x4months
ATT REGIME FOR ACTIVE TB?
RIPE - 2 months
Rifampin + INH - 4months
B6 supplements
+ streptomycin if it becomes miliary
For MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE?
Dapsone
Rifampin
Rifampin MOA?
Inhibits RNA polymerase
Rifampin ADR?
Red urine
Cyt p450 inducer
INH can cross BBB and placenta
T OR F
True
INH ADRs?
Anion gap metabolic acidosis
B6 deficiency (anemia and neuropathy)
Hemolysis in G6PD
Seizures
INH MOA?
Activated by catalase peroxidase
Inhibits enoyl reductase
Which inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
Pyrizinamide MOA?
Unknown
Maybe FA SYNTHASE inhibition
Pyrizinamide ADR?
Hyperuricemia/gout
Athralgia
Ethambutol MOA?
Inhibits arabinosoyl trasnferase which inhibits arabinogalactin formation (cell wall component)
Ethambutol ADR?
Optic neuritis