Fitzaekerly: Anti- Ulcer Lecture Notes Flashcards
A pregnant woman w/ a duodenal ulcer has been shown to have a positive stool test for h. pylori. If you choose to tx the infection as well as the lesion this pt should be tx w/?
Omeptrazole + amoxicillin + clarithromycin
What drugs would you NOT want to use when treating a pregnant woman?
Tetracycline (teratogen)
Misoprostol (aborficant)
What is the focus of PUD tx in a woman who is pregnant?
Acid suppression
PPIs are LOW RISK
How do you tx a woman who is pregnant and has a PUD if h. pylori is present?
tx is deferred until after delivery unless a woman has severe nausea/vomiting and hyperemesis gravidarum
(clarithro, amox and metronidazole could be used)
What PUD antibiotics are considered possibly unsafe for nursing infants?
bismuth
metronidazole
Which of the following drugs would be the MOST LOGICAL addition to a regimen containing amoxicillin, clarithromycin and tinidazole if the goal is to successfully treat a patient with a duodenal ulcer?
Rabeprazole
**something to REDUCE PAIN is missing…PPI (-prazole)
What drug is bacteriocidal, but may cause a disulfirum-like reaction?
Tinidazole (can make alcoholic sick)
*metronidazole is more frequently taken
Which drug accumulates in parietal cell canaliculi and undergoes conversion before irreversibly inhibiting H+/K+ ATPase?
Lansoprazole
*goes through circulation then accumulates in an acidic compartment
Associate the SE w/ the drug:
- Hypersensitivity
- Muscle pain and weakness
- Milk
- Anorexia, N/V, diarrhea
- Gynecomastic and galactorrhea
- Hypersensitivity= amoxicillin
- Muscle pain and weakness= statins
- Milk= Ca carbonate
- Anorexia, N/V, diarrhea= clarithromyacin
- Gynecomastic and galactorrhea= cimetidine (H2 blocker)
A 72-year-old female reports burning pain under her breastbone. The pain is worse at night, and can sometimes be alleviated by eating. Her stool is dark black, and she also complains of a loss of appetite. She has been taking naproxen for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis for 25 years, and was successfully treated for a duodenal ulcer 15 years ago. She has been taking OTC cimetidine for the past few months, when the pain seems really bad. She has normal renal and hepatic function.
Which of the following changes to her drug regimen would MOST DIRECTLY and EFFECTIVELY treat the cause of her ulcer?
This pt has an NSAID induced ulcer. To most directly tx this cause you want to replace PGE in the gut. This can be done w/ misoprostol. Diclofenac is an NSAID that is less likely to affect the gut.
Switching naproxen for misoprostol + diclofenac
What side effect(s) is (are) unique to cimetidine and are MOST LIKELY to be observed in this patient?
Cimetidine is an H2 receptor antagonist and it’s main adverse affect is inhibition of hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes.
What does misoprostol do?
Big picture: Decreases acid production and stimulates mucous and bicarb secretion.
Misoprostol is a synthetic PGE1 so it won’t interfere w/ cox. the PGE receptor works in opposition to the H2 receptor (they antagonize each other) so it will also decrease acid secretion.
A 45-year-old man with a confirmed duodenal ulcer is taking OTC ranitidine (H2 blocker), which is incompletely managing his pain. What is the best tx option for this pt?
Lansoprazole + Bismuth + Tetracycline + Metronidazole
There is a high probability that this pt’s ulcer is caused by h. pylori so you need to give multiple antibiotics.
A pt is tx w/ quadruple therapy: (lansoprazole + bismuth + tetracycline + metronidazole).
Which of the following mechanisms of action is NOT represented in this therapy?
Disruption of bacterial cell wall
Inhibition of proton pump
Binding to bacterial ribosomal 50S subunit
Binding to bacterial ribosomal 30S subunit
Clarithromycin binds to 50S. (which he is not taking)
Tetracycline binds to 30S.
Inhibition of the PP –prazole.
Bismuth disrupts bacterial cell wall.
High doses of bismuth subsalicylate can cause…
vomiting, tinnitus, confusion, hyperthermia, respiratory alkalosis and metabolic acidosis.