EX 6 GI Drugs Flashcards
control of GIT functions
- nervous control
- hormonal control
extrinsic (autonomic)
sympathetic and parasympathetic
intrinsic (ENS)
- submucosal or meissner’s plexus
- myenteric or auerbach’s plexus
hormonal control
gastrin, cholecystokinin, secretin
stimulate acid secretion
acetylcholine, histamine, gastrin
inhibit acid secretion
somatostatin
physical barrier between lumen and epithelium
mucus (mucous neck cell)
buffers gastric acid to prevent epithelial damage
bicarbonate
activates pepsin; kills bacteria
gastric acid (HCl; parietal cell)
vit b12 absorption
intrinsic factor
stimulates gastric acid secretion
histamine (enterochromaffin-like cell)
protein digestion
pepsin (chief cell)
fat digestion
gastric lipase
stimulates gastric acid secretion
gastrin (antral G cells)
inhibits gastric acid secretion
somatostatin (antral D cells)
mice strain used for GI experiment proper
swiss mice
drug, dose, and volume used for GI experiment proper
- atropine 5 mcg/kg
- neostigmine 0.02 mg/kg
- 2% activated charcoal 0.03-0.5 mL/20 g
PI control
negative control
PI test
atropine and neostigmine
tertiary amine belladonna alkaloid
atropine
cholinergic antagonist
atropine
atropine competes with ___________ at the muscarinic receptors causing _____________ of cholinergic effects; _______________ GI motility
Ach; blockade; decrease
atropine is reversible or ____________
surmountable
therapeutically used as antispasmodics
atropine, dicyclomine, n-hyoscine-butylbromide
indirectly acting cholinergic agonist (acetylcholinesterase inhibitor)
neostigmine
neostigmine
carbamate esters by binding with _____________________ –> increasing Ach at the synaptic cleft –> increasing cholinergic effects –> ______________ GI motility
acetylcholinesterase; increasing
selective anticholinergic with antispasmodic activity
dicyclomine
inhibit muscarinic cholinergic receptors
dicyclomine and n-hyoscine-butylbromide
direct smooth muscle relaxant
dicyclomine
dicyclomine has _________________ on gastric acid secretion
no effect
dicyclomine synonym
dicycloverine
n-hyoscine-butylbromide synonym
scopolamine butylbromide
antidiarrheal agents
- opioid agonist
- kaopectate
- bile salt binding resins
- somatostatin, octreotide
opioid agonists (O-LD)
loperamide, diphenoxylate
inhibition of presynaptic cholinergic nerves
opioid agonist - loperamide, diphenoxylate
treatment of diarrhea
opioid agonist - loperamide, diphenoxylate
hydrated magnesium silicate or attapulgite
kaolin
indigestible carbohydrate derived from apples
pectin
kaolin + pectin
kaopectate
adsorbent of bacteria, toxins and fluid
kaopectate
decrease stool liquidity
kaopectate
examples of bile salt binding resins
cholestyramine, colestipol
adsorbs bile salt
bile salt binding resins
bile salt binding resins are used to treat diarrhea caused by ____________________ and bile salts
C. difficile
regulatory peptide slows GI motility and intestinal fluid secretion
somatostatin, octreotide
effective for diarrhea due to vagotomy and short bowel syndrome
Somatostatin, octreotide
agents that reduce gastric acidity
- antacids
- H2-receptor antagonist
- PPis
mucosal protective agents
- sucralfate
- prostaglandin (Misoprostol)
laxatives
bulk, osmotic, stool softener, cathartc