Dr. Morgan Study Guide. Flashcards
Side effects of minoxidil and hydralazine and nitroprusside. What drugs usually have to accompany minoxidil and hydralazine and why?
Hydralazine:
- reflex tachycardia (barrorecptor reflex) fixed with beta blocker
- volume expansion (use diuretic)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus like syndrome
Minoxodil:
- volume expansion
- reflex tachycardia
- **hypertrichosis (hair growth)
- Pericardial Effusion (Tamponade)
Need Beta Blocker for reflex tachycardia
Need Diuretic for volume expansion
71.-Long term pharmacologic therapy s/p MI-
Beta Blockers Antiplatelet drugs ACEI Anticoagulants- ASPIRIN STATIN
ASA contraindicated- AFib, LV, Trombus wall motion abnormalities, severe Systolic Dysfunction
70.-Lidocaine in acute MI-
ventricular dysrhythmias- the major cause of death following MI treated with lidocaine IV. 60% of Deaths- Don’t use.
69.-Pregnancy and HTN. Which classes of drugs are contraindicated?
Chronic HTN during pregnancy leads to a placental abruption
give methyldopa alpha 2 agonist
Patients who have been diagnosed with HTN but have other compelling indications such as:
Stable Angina or arrhythmia
Unstable Angina
S/P MI
Beta Blockers
Patients who have been diagnosed with HTN but have other compelling indications such as:
BPH
Diabetes
CHF
ISH
BPH (alpha 1 antagonists, SINS)
Diabetes (ACE Inhibitor, ARB)
CHF (BETA OR ACE or ARB)
ISH (Thiazide and DHP- PINE)
Stage A drugs
Cease high risk behaviors
Treat disease states that compound risks
Stage B drugs
Cease high risk behaviors
Treat disease states that compound risks
Add ACE I / ARB plus BETA Blocker
Stage C Drugs
ACE I / ARB
Diuretics
Digoxin
Isosorbide or Hydrolazine (to replace ACE/ARB)
Drugs to avoid stage C- Dysrhythmic agents- cause death make worse NONDHP DHP ONLY Amlodipine and Felodipine NSAIDS-- cause NA H2o retent
68.-Lifestyle modifications for HTN-
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes
*** Weight loss #1 way to help BP Sodium Resriction DASH Diet Alcohol Restriction Excercise
Smoking Cessation is a cardiac risk factor
- -Pre-load vs Afterload -
Cardiac preload (veins)-how much volume gets to the heart reduced preload: over diuresis, dehydrated,vasodilater.
cardiac afterload (arteries):the force that the heart has to overcome to pump blood…the greatest determinant is arteriole vasoconstriction and vasodilation
Name the afterload reducers-
Name the afterload reducers- Minoxadil Hydralazine DHP (Arteriole Vasodilators) Nifedipine sins
ADR=
Pheripheral Edema
Reflex Tachycardia
Volume Expansion
Beta Blockers- NON DHP Verapamil and Diltiazem
SINs
Sodium Nitroprusside
Decrease Preload
American College of Cardiology
based on the progression of the disease
Stage A- best- pt is at risk for developing HF No Symptoms or structural disease
Stage B- Structural Damage but no symptoms (remodeling)
Stage C- worst- advanced Structural damage- symptoms even at rest
Never go backwards so once a C never go back to a B ect..
Aldosterone Antagonists Spironalactone and Eplerinone-
increase life expectancy NYC 3-4 symptoms
New York Heart Association classification of CHF vs. American College of Cardiology
New York Heart Association
Class 1- HF no symptoms
Class 2 - Symptoms that worsen with exertion
Class 3- Minimal Exertion to get fatigued
Class 4- Symptoms at rest
63.-Staging HTN
stage 1 HTN = __1____ drugs
Stage 2 HTN = ___2___ drugs
Normal BP - <120/80
Pre-hypertension 120/80 to 139/89
Stage 1 HTN- 140/90 to 159/99
Stage 2 HTN- greater than or equal to 160/100
- -Digibind
Digoxin-can improve exercise intolerance, but does not improve their mortality rate or make you live longer. Try everything else then Digoxin. Positive ionitropic efects on the heart. makes the heart more efficient. Improves functional status, Decreases heart rate.
Digoxin and Potassium relationship. f K is even a little bit low, it can cause Digoxin Toxicity. This drug is very sensitive to low K.
It causes Arrhythmias and is a very low therapeutic index drug.
What would you see with Digoxin Toxicity. Bradycardia Arrhythmias GI: anorexia, nausea, vomiting CNS: fatigue and visual disturbances.
What is Digoxin’s therapeutic Range- 0.5 - 0.8 ng/ml
Formula for arterial BP?
Arteriole BP= CO x PVR
Formula for cardiac Output?
CO= SV x HR
60.-Positive vs. negative symptoms of Schizophrenia-
Positive Symptoms-exageration or distortion of normal function such as hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, aggitation, combativeness, disorganized speech ect. Much easier to treat with drugs.
Negative Symptoms-loss of normal function such as: social withdrawl, emotional withdrawl, lack of motivation, poor self care, poor judgement, poverty of speech, flat affect, ect.. Meds don’t help.
Cognitive Symptoms-disordered thinking, memory difficulties, and focusing abilities.
59-Michaelist Menten Pharmacokinetics-
Phenytoin-MM- mecalus mentin, small dosage adjustments can make tremendous jumps once it reaches the saturation point.
Which means that the metabolizing capacity of the liver has a saturation point and after it reaches that point the medication goes straight into the blood stream.
So you have to be very careful when dosing this medication.
**Phenytoin serum target-
10-20 mcg/ml
- -Side effects of Tri-Cyclic antidepressants
Tricyclic Antidepressants ADR’s
Amitripyline
Desipramine
Nortriptyline
Orthostasis: from alpha1 blockade
Anticholinergic Side Effects: from muscarinic Blockade
Sedation: from histamine Blockade
Cardiac Toxicity- overdose and you die of ahrhythmia
Seizures: lowers the seizure threshold
Mania: not for use alone in a Bi-Polar Patient. Must have a mood Stabilizer with it. Toxicity of Tricyclics- 8 times the therapeutic dose.
If you give more than 8 days at a time, the patient will be able to overdose if suicidal.
common way to commit suicide, especially in women
go to sleep and never wake up
Atypical Antidepressants
trazadone, ADR
causes Priapism
very sedating (sleep aid)
Atypical antipsychotics cause diabetes:
diabetes can develop or be exacerbated by atypical antipsychotics.
Causes metabolic syndrome. The hallmark signs of metabolic syndrome are overweight, high blood pressure, low HDL, high sugar, and their triglycerides are high.
This increases the patient’s risk for coronary artery disease because diabetics are 4 to 5 times more likely to develop coronary artery disease than normal patients.
Also Cause Weight Gain
Adverse effects of Lithium during therapeutic Levels
GI issues (transient) Polyuria Polydipsia Mild Tremor Renal Toxicity ***** Hypothyroid disease- Medication induced
Pregnancy category D- Not that great
Adverse effects of Lithium during toxicity
Confusion EKG changes Fasciculations seizures hypotension coma death
phenobarb ADR
- it is very sedating
2. potentially lethal due to suicide risks.
- -Low potency vs. high potency antipsychotics-
Low potency (Chlorpromazine)- This has more peripheral type side effects with it (outside of the CNS) such as sleepyness, or anticholinergic side effects. High potency (Haloperidol)-.This is cleaner, but have more movement disorders associated with it. Such as psudoparkinsonism.
When deciding which Schizophrenic medication to use, you typically base it off of what type of side effects do you want the patient to have.For example: if a patient is agressive, you might want to give them a Low Potency (Chlorpromazine) because it will make them sleepy thus helping the agression.
You might use a high potency agent (Haloperidol) if a patient has urinary retention problems because the low potency agents have more anticholinergic side effects that would thus make the urinary retention worse.
56.-Anticholinergic Side Effects-
anti-cholinergic side effects are from muscarinic blockade.
You are more likely to see these effects with low potency agents like Chlorpromazine.
These effects are opposite of muscarinic man. No spit, urinary retention, blurred vision, constipation, tachycardia, and cannot sweat.
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome-
rare but serious, risks are worse with high potency drugs such as haloperidol.
The symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome are: leadpipe rigidity, high fever, sweating, autonomic instability, dysrhythmias, altered consciousness, seizures, coma death.
The treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome
syndrome:supportive measures. *****And immediate withdraw of antipsychotic agents. Minimizing the recurrence of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: do not reinitiate antipsychotic agents for at least two weeks or more. Consider the lowest dose possible, and possibly switching to an atypical antipsychotic agent.
54 -Seretonin Syndrome-
**What are the signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome and what should you do to fix it? occurs within the first 3 days of initiating therapy and can kill you. Symptoms are:
Altered Mental Status Incoordination Myoclonus (seizure) Hyperreflexia Excessive Sweating Tremor Fever
**If these symptoms happen. must stop the SSRI immediately.
(caused by Fluoxetine (SSRI)
53-Anti-Seizure medications. Inhibitors vs inducers
Name the Antiseizure medications that are Enzyme Inducers:
Phenytoin, Phenobarbitol, and Carbamazepine
These cause warfarin levels to decrease. Need to bump it up
Name the Antiseizure Medication that is an Enzyme Inhibitor.
Valproic Acid.
Causes warfarin to build up to toxic levels need to decrease
52 -Phenobarbital side effects including respiratory side effects-
Phenobarbitol serum sodium target, 20-40 mcg/ml, There are two reasons we don’t use Phenobarbitol much anymore:
- it is very sedating
- potentially lethal due to suicide risks.
Pharmacokinetics of Phenobarbitol-Enzyme Inducer.
51.-Levadopa-Carbidopa mechanisms of action-
carbidopa has no therapeutic effects alone. This means that you can give somebody a boat load of carbidopa and it will not do anything.
It inhibits dopa-decarboxylase in the periphery which allows more of the inactive form of levodopa to cross through the blood brain barrier where it is then metabolized into dopa, thus increasing the dopamine levels in the brain.
- -Lithium side effects and significant drug interactions-
Therapeutic Lithium levels 0.4 - 1
Plasma levels of lithium while being treated for mania- 0.8 - 1.4
ADR: GI issues (transient) Polyuria Polydipsia Mild Tremor Renal Toxicity ***** Hypothyroid disease- Medication induced
What can cause lithium levels to rise in a patient: Age due to loss of kidney fuction NSAIDS Cold Medications Dehydration Diuretics And Low Sodium Diets
Pregnancy category D- Not that great
49.-MAOI inhibitors. Food and drug interations-
Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors (MAOI)
Phenelzine- ADR’s-
CNS excitation
Orthostasis
***Hypertensive Crisis- there are certain drugs and food interactions that can cause increased levels or norepinepherine to be released into the body (causing ahrythmias and death)
Foods containing TYRAMINE are a trigger, and include Wines, aged meats and cheeses
These people have a strict diet
Drug interactions:
Ephedrine and Amphetamine- causes hypertensive crisis
Tricyclic Antidepressants
SSRI’s- leads to serotonin syndrome
Meperidine (demerol) leads to hyperpyrexia
48.-Tolerance definition and application
What is tolerance?
Tolerance, is a reduced responsiveness with prolonged exposure.
For example a person that has chronic pain such as cancer pain, their pain medication will stop working with prolonged exposure so it is absolutely appropriate for the doctor to crank up the dose to help them not be in pain.
47.-Carbamazepine side effects and monitoring
Carbamazepine
serum target level- is 4-12 mcg/ml
MOA- inhibits sodium channels
Unique Pharmacokinetics of Carbamazepine-it causes autoinduction.
Over time, the drug causes induction of itself.
so the metabolism causes the liver to eat iself(carbamazepine) faster.
Can make 1/2 life go from 50 hours to 15.
Adverse drug reactions of Carbamazepine-Ataxia, **hematologic Depression (need to monitor CBC), agranulocytosis, SIADH (check serum sodium, concentrates urine),
- -Acute Dystonia-
Acute Distonia, typically happens quickly after administration of an antipsychotic agent.
You might hear a patient cry out and look over at them and they are twisted with their tongue hanging out.
It is a severe spasm of the tongue, face, neck, and upper torso. It is very painful.
Treatment is IM anticholenergic such as Benydryl, or Benztropine. These work very quickly.
45.-Potassium sparing diuretics. Identify them and know why they are used-
Aldosterone Antagonists, Spironolactone and Eplerenone
non-aldosterone antagonists- triamterene and amiloride
MOA- block sodium potassium pumps
USES- electrolyte benefits
-Aldosterone vs. ADH -
Aldosterone holds on to sodium and water and excretes K ,
ADH holds on to water.