B3-071B Anti HIV Chemotherapy Flashcards
mechanism: Maraviroc
fusion inhibitor, prevents CCR5 and gp120 binding
before administering Maraviroc, do a ______ to eval for CCR5 or CXCR4
tropism assay
Side effect: maraviroc
severe hepatotoxicity
is maraviroc common?
no
mechanism: enfuvirtide
fusion inhibitor; inhibits gp41 and prevents fusion of membranes
blocks infection of new cells
enfuvirtide
limited to patients who no longer respond to other regimens
enfuvirtide
mechanism: zidovudine
thymidine analog
NRTIs ________ inhibit reverse transcriptase
competitively
Zidovudine exhibits __________, due to specificity for HIV RT
selective toxicity
Zidovudine can reduce
mother-to-newborn transmission
mechanism: abacavir
guanosine analog
abacavir is metabolized
by alcohol dehydrogenase (EtOH interaction)
resistance to abacavir develops _____
slowly
Abacavir can cause a Type _____ hypersensitivity
I
abacavir hypersensitivity is caused by the _______ allele
HLA-B5701
**testing is done on all patients prior to administration, but only 50% react
tenofovir is often combined with
emtricitabine
tenofovir can cause
renal toxicity (disoproxil)