ED Flashcards
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Alpha-2 Antagonists
Prostaglandin-E1 Analogs
ED Drug classes
what does phosphodiesterase do?
it forms phosphate bonds
ED has many physical and psychological causes, including what?
vascular disease, diabetes, medications, depression, and sequelae to prostatic surgery
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to maintain what?
maintain penile erection for the successful performance of sexual activity
first line therapy for men with ED?
Because of the efficacy, ease of use, and safety of oral phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, these drugs are now considered to be first-line therapy for men with ED
-afil suffix
ED therapy
INDICATION Erectile Dysfunction (Viagra®) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Revatio®) DOSING [25, 50, 100 mg] 1 tab qd prn
SILDENAFIL CITRATE
INDICATION
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Vasodilator
Mechanism of Action
PDE-5 Inhibitor; sustains the vasodilatory effects of nitric oxide-dependent synthesis of cGMP
sildenafil citrate moa
nitric oxide is what?
free radical –> binds to anything –> causes damage
key mechanism of attack used by white blood cells
free radicals –> will kill invading organism
what does NO do?
stimulates vasodilation inhibits platelet aggergation inhibits monocyte adhesion inhibits ldl oxidation inhibits superoxide radical elaboration (in low doses antiinflammatory)
what are 6 things NO do?
stimulates vasodilation
inhibits platelet aggergation
inhibits LDL oxidation
inhibits superoxide radical elaboration (in low doses antiinflammatory)
inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation (seen in artherosclerosis)
inhibits monocyte adhesion (adhesion of monocytes to vessel wall –> first step of it leaving blood stream and entering tissue=antiinflammatory)
what cell makes no?
endothelial cell
larginine + no –> NO (lipid soluble) –> enters muscle cell –> GC is stimulated (has heme moiety) –> converts GTP into cyclicGMP –> energy of cleavage produces GMP
no induced vasodilation mechanism
cyclic GMP –> activates kinases that activate ion channels that lead to closure of ion channels and muscle relaxation
how does cyclic gmp work?
pde5 does what?
breaks cgmp and turns it into GMP
IF WE inhibit cgmp, what happens?
continues to stimulate kinase causing relaxation