Fitzy: NSAIDS Flashcards
What cleaves phospholipids to make AA?
Phospholipids A2
What turns AA into PGH2?
COX
What turns PGH2 into the different PG’s that we know and love?
Tissue specific isomerases
Which PG is also know as prostacyclin?
PGI2
Where is PGFalpha and E2?
Uterus
What is a cox Independent toxicity of salicylate a and aspirin?
- acid base disturbance
- tinnitus
- hypersensitivity
- Reyes syndrome
What do we get if we take too much (20 gym) of aspirin?
- early resp alkalosis
- later metabolic acidosis, fever, dehydration
- plus shock and coma
How do salicylate so makeour body think it’s in a hypoxic state?
- salicylate a stop coupling of mitochondrial ox phone…. Lower ATP
- body thinks it’s hypoxic….hyperventilation happens
- blows off CO2, resp alkalosis… Kidney depletes bicarb
- organic acids accumulate because ATP isn’t made in Rebs cycle anymore
Is Reye’s syndrome related to COX?
Nah
What drug do we give kids instead of aspirin?
Acetaminophen
What do NSAIDS block?
COX mediated formation of AA
What kind of inflammation do NSAIDs stop
LOCAL inflammation
Which COX has constitutive expression and has role in response to normal physiologic stimuli?
COX 1
How is COX2 different from 1?
This one gets INDUCED when it’s needed…. Usually pathological stimuli
-IL1,2, TNF
Which organ expresses both COX’s at the same time?
The kidney
What induces COX2 in inflammation?
Inflammatory cytokines
What do you not use NSAIDs for?
- asthma
- gut instinct inflammation
- infectious inflammation fever… Paradox
Which drug inhibits COX 2 more so than COX 1?
Celecoxib
Whaich NSAID has the most COX 1 selectivity and is the only one that is parenteral?
Ketorolac