Anti-virals Flashcards
Oral nucleoside analogs for VZV and HSV
Acyclo, Valacyclo, Famciclovir
Of the drug against HSV and VZV which is available in intravenous form?
Acyclovir
Oral nucleoside analogs for VZV and HSV are all well tolerated?
True
Acycline guanosine derivative
Acyclovir
Acts BOTH as a chain terminator and substrate
TRUE. Lacks 3’OH
More than half of HSV strains are TK negative strains.
True
What causes R in acyclovir
Changes in DNA polymerase
Decreased TK activity
True or false. Acyclovir can be used prophylacticslly in immunocompromised patients
True, undergoing BMT and transplant
Acyclovir is HEMATOTOXIC
false, NOT HEMATOTOXIC
Ester of acyclovir
Valacyclovir
Among acyclovir and valacylovir, which decreased post herpetic pain?
Valacyclovir
Between valacyclovir and acyclovir, which has higher bioavialability in the CSF
Valacyclovir
In patients having crystalluria dt acyclovir, what must be dine
Increase hydration
How many phosphorylation must occur to activate antiviral agents
3
Valacyclovir undergo first pass metabolism
True
This causes DNA polymerase inhibition but cannot lead to chain termination because of the presence of 3’OH group
Famciclovir
Its prodrug is famciclovir
Penciclovir
It is a topocal cream that prevents the fusion between HSV and host cell thus preventing viral entry
Doconasol
This antiviral agent against HSV 1 and 2 has not been used because it competes for DNA incorporation both on human and viral DNA
Trifluridine
Trifluridine acts where?
Acts on the thrird phosphorylation with thymidine triphosphate for incorporation into the DNA.
New drig for EBV
Valomacyclovir
Same mechanism of acyclovir but acts in CMV and is not thymidine kinase dependent but phosphotransferase dependent which is also viral dependent?
Ganciclovir
Ganciclor which act on what virus, causes both chain termination and inhibition of viral DNA polymerase.
CMV — true
Can be used for HSV, VZV and CMV
Ganciclovir
Resistance is due to the absence of phosphotransferases
Ganciclovir
This antiviral drug causes HEMATOTOXICITY
ganciclovir
This antiviral drug has similar indication as that of gancivlovir (hsv, vzv, cmv) but is not dependent on phosphotransferases
Foscarnet
This drug undergoes viral independent phosphorylation
Foscarnet
MOA is that it prevents the binding of thymidine triphosphate to the DNA. Rather, blocks the pyrophosphate binding sites
Foscarnet
Can be used for acyclovir resistant strains if HSV which are TK negative
Foscarnet