Fill-in-the-Blank Anti-inflammatory Drugs Flashcards
What three parts of the inflammatory process prevent movement of the injured part of the body?
SWELLING, PAIN, AND LOSS OF FUNCTION
This is the collective name for the substances that produce the clinical signs of inflammation.
EICOSANOIDS
Name the three eicosanoids
PROSTAGLANDINS, LEUKOTRIENES, AND THROMBOXANES
Type of anti-inflammatory group to which glucocorticoids or corticosteroid drugs belong.
STERIODAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES
What 2 general types of drugs provide a means to reduce pain or provide pain relief?
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS OR OPIOID ANALGESICS
These molecules make up the cell membrane
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
This enzyme breaks down the molecules in the cell membrane when there is cellular trauma.
PHOSPHOLIPASE A2
Phospholipase converts phospholipids into this compound
ARACHIDONIC ACID
This enzyme converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins and thromboxanes
CYCLOOXYGENASE (COX)
What does lipoxygenase convert arachidonic acid into?
LEUKOTRIENES (LT)
What does cyclooxygenase convert arachidonic acid into?
PROSTAGLANDINS (PG) AND THROMBOXANES (TBx)
What enzyme creates leukotrienes?
LIPOXYGENASE (LOX)
These are pain receptors
NOCICEPTORS
What is the target site for corticosteroid drugs in the arachidonic acid pathway?
PHOSPHOLIPASE A2
What is (are) the target site(s) for NSAIDs in the arachidonic acid pathway?
CYCLOOXYGENASE (COX) AND LIPOXYGENASE (LOX)
The steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex are collectively called this.
ADRENOCORTICOSTERIODS
This type of corticosteroid regulates electrolytes and water balance.
MINERALOCORTICOID
This type of corticosteroid has anti-inflammatory properties.
GLUCOCORTICOID
Glucocorticoids produce anti-inflammatory effects by blocking what?
PHOSPHOLIPASE A2
This is the mineralocorticoid drug used in veterinary medicine.
DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE
What disease is desoxycorticosterone used to treat?
HYPOADRENOCORTICISM = ADDISON’S DISEASE
Another name for Addison’s disease.
HYPOADRENOCORTICISM
Another name for Cushing’s disease.
HYPERADRENOCORTICISM
The body’s natural mineralocorticoid hormone.
ALDOSTERONE
What ion does aldosterone retain in the body?
SODIUM (NA+)
What is the body’s natural glucocorticoid hormone?
CORTISOL
What hormone is released from the pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex?
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)
What hormone is released by the hypothalamus to stimulate the pituitary gland and eventually results in increased cortisol?
CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (CRH) = CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR (CRF)
What releases ACTH?
PITUITARY GLAND
What gland does ACTH stimulate?
ADRENAL GLAND
What is released by ACTH stimulation?
CORTISOL
What released CRF?
HYPOTHALAMUS
What gland does CRF stimulate?
PITUITARY GLAND
What is released by CRF stimulation?
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)
What effect does cortisol have on CRF and ACTH release?
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK (SHUTS DOWN CRF [HYPOTHALAMUS] AND ACTH [PITUITARY GLAND] RELEASE)
What is the short-acting glucocorticoid drug used in medicine?
HYDROCORTISONE
Cortisone is converted by the liver to this.
HYDROCORTISONE
Name the 4 intermediate-acting glucocorticoid drugs.
PREDNISONE, PREDNISOLONE, METHYLPREDNISOLONE, TRIAMCINOLONE
Name the 3 long-acting glucocorticoid drugs.
DEXAMETHASONE, BETAMETHASONE, FLUMETHASONE
“Sodium phosphate” added to the name of a glucocorticoid drug indicates it is what dosage form?
AQUEOUS SOLUTION
The name of the glucocorticoid drug without any additional words attached to the name is what dosage form?
ALCOHOL SOLUTION
Prednisolone acetate is what dosage form of glucocorticoid drug?
SUSPENSION
List the four dosages used in administering glucocorticoids from lowest to highest dosage.
PHYSIOLOGICAL DOSAGE, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DOSAGE, IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DOSAGE, SHOCK
DOSAGE
This term means the dosage administered achieves drug concentrations higher than what could be produced by the body under normal conditions.
SUPRAPHYSIOLOGICAL
What glucocorticoid dosage level is used to control allergies, hives, or inflammation associated with injury?
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DOSAGE
Inhibition of synthesis of what body substances by glucocorticoids can delay tissue healing?
COLLAGEN FIBER
What lymphocytes are associated with cell-mediated immunity?
T-LYMPHOCYTE = T-CELL
What lymphocytes produce antibodies?
B-LYMPHOCYTE = B-CELL
What lymphocytes are associated with humoral immunity?
B-LYMPHOCYTE
Fungal infections can be made worse due to glucocorticoid suppression of what type of immunity?
CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY (CMI)
At anti-inflammatory doses of glucocorticoids, what type of lymphocyte is largely unaffected?
B-LYMPHOCYTE
What cell type listed on the CBC increases under the effect of glucocorticoid drugs?
NEUTROPHIL
What cell type on the CBC decreases and is characteristic of a glucocorticoid stress response seen in dogs?
LYMPHOCYTE AND EOSINOPHIL
The use of NSAIDs and glucocorticoids together markedly increases the risk for what?
GASTRITIS AND ULCER
This term means to “break down” as in the way glucocorticoids break down protein to amino acids.
CATABOLIC
For what condition in the eye are glucocorticoids contraindicated?
CORNEAL ULCER
This is the thin inner membrane of the cornea.
DESCEMET’S MEMBRANE
This is a protrusion of the inner membrane of the cornea through the hole created by the ulcer.
DESCEMETOCELE
This is the process by which the liver converts amino acids into glucose.
GLUCOEOGENESIS