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ANTIPROTOZOAL DRUGS Flashcards

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Anti-malarial drug:
Prevents polymerization of heme into hemozoin

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Chloroquine

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2
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S/e seen in Chloroquine

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Retinal damage and auditory impairment
May precipitate porphyria

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3
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Anti-malaria: Complexes with DNA to prevent strand separation

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Quinine
Quinidine

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4
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S/e seen in Quinine, Quinidine

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Blackwater fever
Cinchonism

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5
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DOC for malaria in pregnant patients

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Quinine
Quinidine

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6
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Used in Chloroquine-resistant areas

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Mefloquine

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7
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Anti-malarial that forms electron-transferring redox compounds that act as cellular oxidants. Eradicates hypnozoites in the liver, preventing malarial relapse (Radical cure of P. vivax and P. ovale)

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Primaquine

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8
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Treatment and prophylaxis of all stages of Chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum

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Atovaquone-proguanil

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9
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Sporonticides

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Proguanil
Pyrimethamine

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10
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Anti-malarial agent that impairs progeny of malarial apicoplast genes > abnormal cell division. Used as chemoprophylaxis in multidrug-resistant malaria.

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Doxycycline

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11
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DOC for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the Philippines

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Arthemeter-Lumefantrine (Co-artem)

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12
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Current first-line malaria treatment recommended by WHO for children, adults, and pregnant women in 2nd and 3rd trimester

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Artemisinin-based combination therapy

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13
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DOC for asymptomatic cyst carriers of E. histolytica

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Diloxanide furoate

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14
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Used in combination with Metronidazole in mild to severe intestinal amebiasis

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Iodoquinol

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15
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Luminal amebicide that inhibits protein synthesis by binding to 16S ribosomal subunit

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Paromomycin

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16
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Tissue amebicide that causes reactive reduction by ferredoxin forming free radicals that disrupt ETC

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Metronidazole

17
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DOC for cryptosporidiosis and in Metronidazole-resistant amebiasis

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Nitazoxanide

18
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Tissue amebicides inhibit protein synthesis by blocking ribosomal movement along messenger RNA

19
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DOC for the treatment of P. jiroveci pneumocytosis. Used as prophylaxis for Toxoplasmosis and Isosporiasis

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Co-trimoxazole

20
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DOC for Toxoplasmosis

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Sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine

21
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Drug for trypanosomiasis that inhibits glycolysis or interferes with nucleic acid metabolism

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Pentamidine
Suramin

GLYCOLYSIS

Suramin - sugar
Pentamidine - pentose

22
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Drug for trypanosomiasis that acts as a suicide inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase

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Eflornithine

Can pass the BBB - effort si Eflort

23
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Inhibits enzyme sulfhydryl groups in trypanosomes

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Melarsoprol

24
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DOC for Leishmania that inhibits trypanothione reductase

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Nifurtimox

25
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Antihelminthic drug that increases membrane permeability to calcium causing paralysis

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Praziquantel

Qualcium

26
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DOC for trematodes and cestodes

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Praziquantel

27
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Antihelminthic drug contraindicated in ocular cysticercosis

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Praziquantel

28
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Antihelminthic drug that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation or by activating ATPases

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Niclosamide

29
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Alternative drug for Cestodes

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NiClosamide

30
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MOA of anti-nematodes

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Microtubule inhibitors

31
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DOC for Hydatid cyste, ascariasis, hookworm, whipworm, CVLM, cysticercosis, Angiostrongylus, and Capillariasis

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Albendazole

32
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DOC for cysticercosis

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Albendazole

Improved penetration of subarachnoid space than Praziquantel in neurocysticercosis

33
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DOC for whipworm infections

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Mebendazole

Me BEND for the whip AYYYYoops

34
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DOC for Trichinosis

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Thiabendazole

35
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DOC for filariasis and eye worm disease

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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

36
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Exhibits Mazzotti reaction when used for Onchocerciasis

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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

37
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DOC for strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis

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Ivermectin

S/e: mazzotti reaction, corneal opacities

38
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DOC for pinworm infections

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Pyrantel pamoate

Stimulate nicotinic receptors

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