Gastrointestinal Drugs 2 Flashcards
What are the therapies for disorders of the lower GI Tract?
What are the types laxatives ?
Describe constipation
Describe the etiology of constipation
What’s the first-line strategy for constipation?
What are the bulk-forming laxatives? What do they do?
What are Cathertics(laxatives)?
Describe caster oil as a laxative
What do use as stool softeners?
Describe lubricant laxatives
Describe osmotic laxatives
Describe polyethylene glycol as an osmotic laxative
Describe lubiprostone
What are the adverse efffects of lubiprostone?
What are the selective Mu-opioid receptor antagonists?
What are the opioid agonists?
How do opioid agonists aid for anti diarrheal drugs?
How can Ocreotide act as an anti diarrheal drug?
What are the indications of Octreotide?
What are the adverse effects of octreotide?
Describe Bismuth compounds as anti diarrheal
What is irritable bowel syndrome ?
Describe the first-line treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
What do we use constipation predominant IBS?
How do we use diarrhea predominant IBS?
Give an overview of inflammatory bowel disease
What do we use to guide IBD ?
Describe the mild category of IBD
Describe moderate to severe disease of IBD
Describe the severe-fulminant disease of IBD
Give an overview of how we treat different severities of IBD
Describe Aminosalicylates that are used to treat IBD
Describe describe the MOA theories of aminosalicylates to treat IBD
Describe the treatment of Aminosalicylates for IBD
How does sulfasalzine work?
What is sulfasalzine used for?
What are the adverse effects of Aminosalicylates?
Describe the use of balsalazide as Aminosalicylates
Describe mesalamine as aminosalicylates
How are glucocorticoids used for IBD? MOA
How are glucocorticoids used to treat IBD? MOA
How are glucocorticoids used to treat IBD? MOA
How can prednisone and prednisolone be used to treat IBD?
What are the adverse effects of prednisone & prednisolone?
How is budnesone used to treat IBD?
Describe Immunosuppresants used to treat inflammatory bowel disease
What are the adverse effects of immunosuppressants?
Describe Allopurinol
Describe the methotrexate
Describe the adverse effects of methotrexate
Describe the cyclosporine
Describe the adverse effects of cyclosporine?