Block 3 - Antiarrhythmics Med Chem Flashcards
What are pharmacology properties of having a more lipophilic drug?
- Bind to plasma proteins
- High volumes of distribution
- Longer duration
- Long half life
- Rapidly absorbed
What are pharmacology properties of having a more basic drug?
- Amines with pKa of 8-10 is charged at physiological pH
- Low bioavailability
- Charged can’t cross membranes easily
What are arrhythmias?
Alteration in normal sequence of electrical impulse rhythm that leads to contraction of myocardium
What abnormalities does arrhythmias affect?
- Rate
- Impulse origination site
- Conduction through myocardium
What are the Antiarrhythmic drug classes?
Compare the 3 Class I?
What is the APD and Kinetics of Class IA? Drug class?
Prolonged APD; intermediate dissociation kinetics
Slow phase 0 depolarization
Na+ channel blockers
What are Class IA?
- Quinidine
- Procainamide
- Disopyramide
What is the physiological properties of quinidine?
- Basic nitrogens (pKa 11)
- Water soluble salt (sulfate or gluconate)
Which has better IV and PO/IM capabilities?
Gluconate more water soluble → better for emergenies (injectable), sulfate usually oral or IM
What are DDIs of quinidines?
- P-gp substrate -> inhibits renal tubular secretion of digoxin
- Increases plasma levels of digoxin
What is the contaminate that contributes to quinidine’s effectiveness?
Dihydroquinidine
How does Dihydroquinidine contribute to quinidines activity?
- Reduction of vinyl group to an ethyl
- More potent as an anti arrhythmic, but more toxic
- Commercial preps can vary based on levels of contaminant
How was procain modified for better efficacy? What was the new drug called?
Procainamide replaces an ester with an amide which is more resistant to esterase hydrolysis
How is procainamide metabolisized and why is this significant?
N-acetyltrasferase has genetic variations
Slow acetylators → elevated levels → drug induced lupus syndrome
Metabolite also implicated in torsades de pointes
How does disopyramide differ from procainamide?
Has anti-cholinergic effects due to its struccutral similarities
Receptors prefer a tertiary amine with a 2-4 carbon distance from 2 different rings
What is the APD and kinetics of Class IB?
Shortens (or no effect) APD; rapid dissociation from sodium channels
Shortens Phase 3 repolarization
What are the drugs in IB?
- Lidocaine
- Tocainide
- Mexiletine
- Phenytoin
How is lidocaine dosed? What happens if its given PO?
- Given as an IV
- Emergency treatment of ventricular arrhythmia → rapid on set
- Rapid first-pass metabolism (hydrolysis) by CYP3A4 and 2D6
ADRS of lidocaine?
- CNS (DZ, paresthesia, seizures)
- GI
In order to have a longer half-life, how does tocainide differ from lidocaine? ADRs?
a-methyl → slows metabolism, increased half-life
GI and CNS
How is mexiletine more effective than lidocaine and tocainide? Do the ADRs differ?
Amide → ether
Drug can be PO due to slow metabolism and longer half-life
No
What is unique about phenytoin metabolism?
Induces CYP3A4/UGT including its own therefore its half-life is quite high
What is route for phenytoin?
IV dissolved in a pH of 12 (weakly acidic)
Can’t do IM → tissue necrosis and erratic absorption
In addition to arrhythmias, what is another indication for phenytoin?
Seizures
What is the APD and kinetics of Class IC?
No effect to APD; slow dissociation from sodium
Slow Phase 0 depolarization
Slows conduction
What are the drugs of IC?
- Flecainide
- Encainide
- Propafenone
- Moricizine