Chemotherapeutics Flashcards
Tetracyclines:
- how does it affect bacteria?
- What type of bacteria affected?
- Bacteriostatic “slows growth”
- broad spectrum
Tetracyclines:
-Unique affect on the bacteria?
-anticollagenase activity
What is the only FDA approved host modulatory therapy?
Low-dose doxycycline, it inhibits host response but doesn’t induce bacterial resistance
What 3 diseases do you give systemic antibiotics always?
- LAP
- GAP
- Refractory Periodontitis
Tetracyclines:
dosing (3)
Tetracycline- 250mg QID for 2-3 wks
Minocycline- 100mg BID for 1 wk
Doxycycline- 100mg BID for 2-3 wks
Tetracyclines:
Which dosage is less affected by calcium?
Doxycline
Metronidazole:
- Mode of action on the bacteria?
- Which Bacteria?
- Bacterialcidal
- Anaerobes targeted at DNA synthesis
Metronidazole:
- What diseases used for?(3)
- Is it used alone?
1 ANUG,
2 Aggressive Perio,
3 Refractory Perio (amoxicillin specifically)
-Used in conjunction with a secondary antibiotic
Metronidazole:
Dosage?
250mg TID 1wk
Metronidazole:
Side Effects?
- Antabuse (vomiting induced by alcohol consumption)
- inhibits warfarin
- avoid lithium
Ciprofloxacin:
- Used for what bacteria?
- Commonly used in conjunction?
- Gram Positives and enteric bacteria
- with metronidazole
Penicillins:
- Mode of Action on bacteria?
- Affects with bacteria?
- Bactericidal
- Gm+ bacteria
Penicillins:
Dosages 2
Amoxicillin (500mg TID for 2 wks)
Augmentin- ???
What is unique about Augmentin?
It has clavulanate potassium inhibits penicillinase
Clindamycin:
- Affective against what bacteria?
- Big side effect it shares with Penicillins
- Dosages
- Anaerobes
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
- 150mg QID for 1 wk