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Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs Flashcards

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What drugs are first choice for RA tx?

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NSAIDs- rapid onset and efficacy

  • provides anti-inflammation and pain relief but does not alter disease progression
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What drug can be given for pain relief in addition to an NSAID for RA treatment?

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acetaminophen

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What drug complexes with NF-kB and AP-1 transcription factors causing indirect immunosuppression?

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glucocorticoids (prednisone)

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What can create RA and relieve pain an inflammation while waiting for DMARD effects?

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glucocorticoids

  • treated RA flares and other autoimmune diseases
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  • Lymphocytopenia
  • Monocytopenia due to redistribution
  • neutrophilia
  • eosinophila
  • PLA2 blockade (decreases eicosanoid synthesis)
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Glucocorticoids

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6
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What can happen if glucocorticoids are stopped abruptly?

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Death

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How long should glucocorticoids be used?

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less than 6 months

  • glucocorticoids should not be used chronically because of adverse side effects
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-cept indicates..

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fusion of a receptor to the Fc part of human IgG1

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-mab indicates…

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a monoclonal antibody

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-ximab indicates…

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indicates a chimeric mAb

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zumab indicates..

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a humanized mAb

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-umab indicates…

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indicates a human mAb origin

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13
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What DMARD is an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase and can cause a thymineless death with loss of TH4 when used as an antiproliferative to treat cancer?

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Methotrexate

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What DMARD undergoes polyglutamation and accumulates in cells over multiple weeks and thymidylate synthase and AICAR transformylase?

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Methotrexate

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Methotrexate causes AICAR accumulation leading to adenosine efflux to exert what effects?

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anti-inflammatory (reduced B and T cell activity)

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What DMARD is effective in 80% of patients and is faster than other DMARDs yielding effects evident in 3-6 weeks?

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Methotrexate

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What drug is a first choice for RA due to its relative safety, low cost, and extensive use?

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Methotrexate

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18
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How often is methotrexate administered and how?

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RA treatment administered once per week wither oral or injected

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Weekly folate supplements should be taken with what drug?

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methotrexate - low doses are used for immunosupressin and well-tolerated

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What are methotrexate toxicities?

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  • bone marrow suppression
  • hepatic fibrosis
  • GI ulceration
  • pneumonitis
  • fetal death
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What DMARD is a lipophilic weak base that can easily go through plasma membranes and accumulate in lysosomes to raise the pH of the lysosomes?

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Hydroxychloroquine

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What RA drug can safely be used in pregnancies?

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Hydroxychloroquine — also used to treat malaria

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23
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What DMARD can cause retinal damage?

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hydroxychloroquine — low doses carry little risk

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24
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What drug can be used to treat ra alone or in combo with hydroxycholorquine and/or methotrexate as a triple therapy?

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Sulfasalazine

25
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Can sulfasalazine be used in pregnancy?

A

seems okay but less studied

26
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What is the most common reason sulfasalazine is discontinued?

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GI side effects- N/V, diarrhea, abdominal pain

27
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What drug can cause pruritus, rash and urticaria?

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Sulfasalazine- sulfa drug run!

@Lauren

28
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What RA drug inhibits mitochondrial enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase to block the synthesis of rUMP?

A

Lefunomide

29
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What are the effects of leflunomide?

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inhibition of T cell proliferation

  • also blocks leukocyte adhesion and NF-kB activation
30
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What drug is a second choice that would be used alternatively to methotrexate?

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Leflunomide

  • can also be used in combo with methotrexate, sulfasalazine or hydroxyquine
31
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What biologic DMARDs can be combined?

32
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When are TNF antagonists indicated?

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  • moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, given after traditional DMARDs have proven to be ineffective
  • often used in combination with methotrexate
33
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What RA drug class poses a serious risk of developing serious infections and severe allergic reactions?

A

TNF antagonists!

  • bacterial sepsis, invasive fungal infections, hep B, TB

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34
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What is Etanercept?

A

TNF inhibitor that is a fusion protein administered once or twice weekly subQ

35
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What is Infliximab?

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chimeric mAB against TNF that is administered intravenously every 6 weeks

36
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What is Adalimumab?

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recombinant fully human anti-TNF mAb administer subQ every 2 weeks

37
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What is rituximab?

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RA tx that targets CD20 on B lymphocytes

38
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What RA tx causes profound B cell lymphocytopenia but maintains Ig Levels?

A

Rituximab- targets CD20 that isn’t found on plasma cells so Ig is good

39
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What will indicate a greater likelihood of responsiveness for Rituximab?

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positive test for rheumatoid factor or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide predicts greater responsiveness

40
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How is rituximab administered?

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by IV every 6 months

41
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What can cause infusion related hypersensitivity?

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Rituximab

  • also can cause SJS, Hep B reactivation, and PML
42
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What drug for moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis prevents CD28 from binding to counter- receptor CD80/CD86?

A

Abatacept

hey bata bata bata ‘cept you!

fusion protein compromising CTLA-4 and Fc portion of IgG1

-used after TNG antagonist have failed and can be used in combo with non biological DMARDs

43
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What does tocilizumab do?

A

Humanized anti human IL-6 receptor Ab

  • competes for membrane bound and soluble forms of human IL-6 receptor
44
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What drug blocks IL-6 binding to its receptor and prevents JAK3 kinase signaling

and also limits hepatic acute phase response activation of T cells, B cells, macrophages and osteoclasts

A

Tocilizumab

That ‘cili’ JAK!!!

45
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What RA drug can cause URI, and make the patient susceptible to life threatening reactions?

A

Tocilizumab?

46
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What is tofacitinib?

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JAK 3 antagonist

  • directly surpasses the production of IL-17 and IFN-gamma, and proliferation of IL17 cells
47
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How is tofacitinib administered?

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orally- unusual for DMARDS

48
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What are warnings of tofacitinib?

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Increased risk of malignancies and serious infections

49
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What RA drug is a recombinant non-glycosylated version of human IL-1 receptor antagonist?

50
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What does anakinra do?

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Blocks the pro inflammatory activity of naturally occurring IL-1 on many cells including synovitis and cartilage degradation

  • use when no good rheumatoid arthritis response to non-biologic DMARS, considered less efficacious
51
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What are toxicities of anakinra?

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  • increased risk of infection

- Hypersensitivity Rxn

52
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What are the misc. drugs for pain and inflammation in RA?

A
  1. NSAIDs
  2. Acetaminophen
  3. Glucocorticoids

Treat the NAGging pain

53
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Methotrexate 
hydroxychoroquine
sulfasalazine
leflunomide 
are what type of rheumatoid arthritis drugs?
A

Traditional non biologic disease modifying anti rheumatoid drugs (DMARDS)

54
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Etanercept
adalimumab
infliximab

are what type of RA drugs?

A

Biologic DMARDs- TNF alpha blockers

55
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Rituxumab is what type of RA drug?

A

Biologic DMARD- B cell depletes (CD20 mAb)

56
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Abatacept is what kind of RA drug?

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Biological DMARD- T cell activation inhibitor

57
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Tocilizumab is what kind of RA drug?

A

Biological DMARD IL-6 receptor mAb

58
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What RA drug is Tofacitinib?

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Biological DMARD: Jak-3 inhibitor

59
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What kind of drug is anakinra?

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Biological DMARD: Recombinant IL-1 antagonist

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