DR. LEAL - THYROID & ANTITHYROID DRIGS Flashcards
Function: normalize growth and development, body
temperature, and energy levels.
THYROID HORMONES
○ Triiodothyronine (T3)
○ Tetraiodothyronine (T4, Thyroxine)
second type of thyroid hormone, is
important in the regulation of calcium metabolism.
CALCITONIN
Recommended Daily Adult Iodide (I−) Intake:
○ 150 mcg
○ 200 mcg during pregnancy and lactation
○ 250 mcg for children
absorbed best in the duodenum and ileum.
THYROXINE
THYROXINE ABSORPTION MODIFIED BY
food, drugs, gastric
acidity, and intestinal flora.
_ & _
IMPAIRED IN SEVERE MYXEDEMA WITH ILEUS
T3 AND T4 ABSORPTION
METABOLIC CLEARANCES OF T3 & T4 ARE INCREASED
HYPERTHYROIDISM
Drugs that induce hepatic microsomal enzymes increase the metabolism of both T4 and T3
Rifampin
phenobarbital
Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
HIV protease inhibitors.
responsible for optimal growth, development, function, and maintenance of all body tissues.
T3 AND T4
EXCESS T3 AND T4 (THYROID HORMONES)
HYPERTHYROIDISM
INADEQUATE T3AND T4
HYPOTHYROIDISM
T OR F
Thyroid hormones are not effective and can be detrimental in the management of obesity, abnormal vaginal bleeding, or depression if thyroid hormone levels are normal.
TRUE
SYNTHETIC THYROID HORMONES
Levothyroxine
Liothyronine
Liotrix
CHOICE FOR THYROID REPLACEMENT & SUPPRESSION THERAPY
LEVOTHYROXINE (T4)
Long half-life (7 days), which permits once-daily to weekly administration
LEVOTHYROXINE (T4)
● 3-4x more potent than Levothyroxine
● Best reserved for short-term TSH suppression.
● Not recommended for routine replacement therapy
LIOTHYRONINE
AVOIDED IN PTS WITH CARDIAC DSE
GREATER RISK OF CARDIOTOXICITY
LIOTHYRONINE
○ Agents that interfere with the production
of thyroid hormones
○ Agents that modify the tissue response to
thyroid hormones
○ Glandular destruction with radiation or
surgery
ANTITHYROID AGENTS
Reduction of thyroid activity and hormone effects
Agents that suppress secretion of T3 and T4 to subnormal levels and thereby increase TSH, which in turn produces glandular enlargement (goiter).
GOITROGENS
Antithyroid compounds:
○ Thioamides
○ Iodides
○ Radioactive iodine
TXFOR THYROTOXICOSIS
THIOAMIDES
Methimazole, Carbimazole and Propylthiouracil
(PTU)
PREVENT PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
THIOAMIDES
Methimazole, Carbimazole and Propylthiouracil
(PTU)
ADVERSE EFFECT OF THIOAMIDES
Methimazole, Carbimazole and Propylthiouracil
(PTU)
MACULOPAPULAR RASH
MOST DANGEROUS COMPLICATION
THIOAMIDES
Methimazole, Carbimazole and Propylthiouracil
(PTU)
AGRANULOCYTOSIS
CROSS THE PLACENTAL BARRIER
Secreted in low concentrations in breast milk but are
considered safe for the nursing infant.
THIOAMIDES
(MCP)
● 10x more potent than Propylthiouracil.
● Drug of choice in adults and children.
● Readily accumulated by the thyroid gland.
METHIMAZOLE
● Single daily dose is effective in the management of
mild to severe hyperthyroidism.
● Associated with congenital malformations
● Cholestatic jaundice is more common.
METHIMAZOLE
USED FOR
1ST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
THYROID STORM
ADVERSE RXNS TO METHIMAZOLE
PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PTU)
more strongly protein-bound and crosses the
placenta less readily.
PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PTU)
Black box warning:
severe hepatitis,
resulting in death.
PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PTU)
Perchlorate (ClO4)
Pertechnetate (TcO4−)
Thiocyanate (SCN-)
ANION INHIBITORS
Inhibits the first step of iodine synthesis; block uptake of iodide by the gland through competitive inhibition of the iodide transport mechanism.
ANION INHIBITORS
Block thyroidal reuptake of I− in patients with iodine-induced hyperthyroidism
POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE
ASSOCIATED WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA
POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE
● Major antithyroid agents prior to the introduction of the Thioamides in the 1940s.
● Rarely used as sole therapy today.
IODIDES
In susceptible individuals, ____ can induce hyperthyroidism (Jod-Basedow Phenomenon) or
precipitate hypothyroidism.
IODIDES
Disadvantages of iodide therapy
INITIATED AFTER ONSET OF THIOAMIDE THERAPY
AVOIDED IF TX WITH RADIOACTIVE IODINE SEEMS LIKELY
NOT SHOULD BE USED ALONE
CHRONIC USE IN PREGNANCY SHOULD BE AVOIDED
uncommon and in most cases reversible upon discontinuance.
IODISM
● The only isotope used for treatment of thyrotoxicosis.
● Administered orally in solution as sodium 1311.
RADIOACTIVEIODINE131
Advantages: easy administration, effectiveness, low
expense, and absence of pain.
RADIOACTIVEIODINE131
should not be administered to pregnant women or nursing mothers, since it crosses the placenta to destroy the fetal thyroid gland and it is excreted in breast milk.
RADIOACTIVE IODINE
● Beta blockers without intrinsic sympathomimetic activity are effective therapeutic adjuncts in the management of thyrotoxicosis since many of these symptoms mimic those associated with sympathetic stimulation.
● Beta blockers cause clinical improvement of hyperthyroid symptoms but do not typically alter thyroid hormone levels.
ADRENOCEPTOR-BLOCKINGAGENTS
PROPANOLOL
● Most widely studied and used in the therapy of
thyrotoxicosis.
● by inhibiting the peripheral conversion of T4 to T3.
PROPRANOLOL
DECREASE T3 AND T4
INCREASE TSH
HYPOTHYROIDISM
DEVELOP DWARFISM AND IRREVERSIBLE MENTAL RETARDATION
CAN OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT THYROID ENLARGEMENT
HYPOTHYROIDISM
AUTOMIMUNE DESTRUCTION OF THYROID
HASHIMOTOS THYROIDITIS
IMPAIRED SYNTHESIS OF T4 DUE TO ENZYME DEFICIENCY
DYSHORMONOGENESIS