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Antivirals Flashcards

1
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How do most Anti-herpes drugs work?

A

Theyre nucleoside analgues that interfere with nucleic acid synthesis

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What anti-herpes drugs arnt nucleoside analagues?

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Foscarnet & Cidofovir

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3
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Name all the anti-herpes nucleoside analogues

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Aciclovir
Famciclovir
Vacciclovir
Ganciclovir
Valganciclovir (pro-ganciclovir)
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4
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What are the 3 categories of Anti-HIV drugs?

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Nucleoside analogue
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
Viral protease Inhibitor

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5
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What are the anti-viral HIV nucleoside inhibitors?

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Zidovudine (ZDV, AZT)

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6
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What are the non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors? HIV

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Nevirapine

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7
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What are the Viral protease inhibitors for HIV?

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Saquinovir

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8
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What drugs are used for Viral respiratory infections & which is a nucleoside analogue?

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Oseltamavir
Zanamavir
Ribavarin (nucleoside analogue)

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9
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What are the 4 anti-virals for chronic HEP B or C?

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Lamivudine
Adefovir Dipivoxil
Ribavarin
Interferon-alpha

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10
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Which chronic HEPB/C drug is a nucleoside analogue?

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Lamivudine

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11
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Which antivirals target HSV?

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Aciclovir
Famciclovir
Valaciclovir
Foscarnet

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12
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How would you treat shingles?

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Famciclovir & valaciclovir

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13
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What would treat Varicella-Zoster Virus VZV?

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Aciclovir

Foscarnet

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14
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How do you treat CMV?

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Cidofovir
Valganciclovir
Ganciclovir
Foscarnet

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15
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What does foscarnet treat?

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All 3 herpes viruses bar EBV

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16
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What does cidofovir treat?

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CMV retinitis

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17
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What does aciclovir treat?

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HSV & VZV

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18
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What does famciclovir & valciclovir treat?

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HSV & shingles

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19
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What does Ganciclovir & valanciclovir treat?

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CMV

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20
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How can aciclovir be given?

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Orally
IV
Topically

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21
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Why would you avoid Aciclovir in someone with renal impairment?

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It leads to neurological toxicity

22
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How are famciclovir & valciclovir given?

23
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How do we give ganciclovir & valganciclovir?

A

Ganciclovir - IV

Valganciclovir - Orally

24
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Whats dangerous about ganciclovir & Valganciclovir?

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They have bone marrow toxicicty & require constant blood count monitoring

25
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Why do we only use Foscarnet in serious infections?

A

It can only be given as IV
And is extremely nephrotoxic

26
Q

How is HIV treated?

A

With combination therapy of:
Zidovudine
Nevirapine
Saquinavir

27
Q

All HIV drugs are quite toxic but what does zidovudine specifcally cause?

A

Anaemia & Neutropenia (selective depression of neutrophil cell line)

28
Q

Which chronic HEP B/C drug is part of the host immune response as well?

A

Interferon-alpha

29
Q

How do we administer interferon-alpha?

A

Subcutaneous

30
Q

Is interferon-alpha a safe treatment?

A

Not really its got serious side effects

31
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How would we use ribavarin?

A

Orally to treat Chronic HEP C

Inhalation to treat RSV

32
Q

What drug treats both HIV & HEP B?

A

Lamivudine

33
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How would we administer Lamivudine?

34
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Which drug treats purely HEP B & how do we take it?

A

Adefovir Dipivoxil taken orally will treat HEP B

35
Q

What two drugs are used for Influenza A/B?

A

Zanamavir

Oseltamavir

36
Q

Which antivirals treat HSV?

A

Aciclovir
Famciclovir
Valaciclovir
Foscarnet

37
Q

Which antivirals treat CMV?

A

Ganciclovir
Valganciclovir
Cidofovir
Foscarnet

38
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Which antivirals treat VZV?

A

Aciclovir

Foscarnet

39
Q

What drugs treat HIV?

A

Zamivudine
Saquinovir
Nevirapine ‼️
Lamivudine

40
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What drugs treat HEP B?

A

Interferon-alpha
Adefovir Dipivoxil
Lamivudine

41
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What treats respiratory syncitial virus?

42
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What treats chroninc HEP C?

43
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What treats influenza A/B?

A

Oseltamavir

Zanamavir

44
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Which antivirals are orally prescribed?

A 
Adefovir Dipixoil (HEP B)
Lamivduine (HEP B)
Ribavarin (HEP C)
Valganciclovir (CMV)
Aciclovir (HSV)
Valciclovir (HSV & shingles)
Famciclovir (HSV & shingles)
45
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What antivirals are iven IV?

A

Aciclovir (VSV)
Ganciclovir (CMV)
Foscarnet (HSV,VSV,CMV)

46
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What antivirals are given topically?

A

Aciclovir (HSV)

47
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What antiviral causes neurological toxicity?

48
Q

What antiviral causes Bone marrow toxiicty?

A

Ganciclovir

Valganciclovir

49
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Which antibirals are highly nephrotoxic?

50
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Which antiviral can cause neutropenia?

A

Zidovudine, also causes anaemia

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