Heme-onc Pharmacology Flashcards
Heparin toxicity
Bleeding, duh. Also, HIT.
Use protamine.
Heparin-MOA
Cofactor for activation antithrombin. Decreases thrombin, Xa.
Monitor PTT.
Warfarin-MOA
Interferes with gamma carboxylation of vit k dependent clotting factors II, VII, IX, X, protein C and protein S.
Extrinsic pathway. Increases PT.
Warfarin-toxicity
Bleeding.
Teratogenic (“don’t wage WAR on the baby”)
Thrombolytics (streptokinase, urokinase, tPA=alteplase, APSAC)
Aids conversion plasminogen to plasmin.
Plasmin cleaves thrombin and fibrin clots.
Thrombolytics, clinical use
Early MI, early CVA
Aspirin, MOA
Irreversibly inhibits COX.
Increases bleeding time, no effect on PT, PTT
Aspirin, clinical use
Antipyretic, analgesic, anti inflammatory, antiplatelet
Aspirin, toxicity
Gastric ulceration, bleeding, hyperventilation, Reye’s syndrome (kids), tinnitus
Clopidogrel, MOA
Blocks ADP irreversibly
Clopidogrel, clinical use
ACS, coronary stenting
Abciximab, MOA
Binds GpIIb/IIIa on platelets, inhibiting aggregation
Abciximab, clinical use
ACS, PTCA
Abciximab, toxicity
Bleeding, thrombocytopenia
Antimetabolites
Act on S phase of cell cycle
Methotrexate 5-FU 6-MP 6-TG Cytarabine
Methotrexate, MOA
Folic acid analog, inhibits dihydrofolate reductase.
Methotrexate, clinical use
Cancer-leukemia, lymphomas, choriocarcinomas, sarcomas
Other-abortion, ectopic pregnancy, RA, psoriasis
Methotrexate, toxicity
Myelosuppression-reversible with leucovorin
Fatty liver, mucositosis, teratogenic
5-FU (fluorouracil), MOA
Pyramiding analog, inhibits thymidylate synthase
5-FU, clinical use
Colon cancer and other solid tumors, BCC.
5-FU, toxicity
Myelosuppression
Photosensitivity
Tx OD with thymidine
6-mercaptopurine (MP), MOA
Purine analog, decreases de novo purine synthesis
6-MP, clinical use
Leukemias, lymphomas
6-MP, toxicity
Bone marrow, GI, liver.
Metabolized by Xanthine oxidase so increased toxicity if used with allopurinol.
6-thioguanine (TG), MOA
Purine analog, decreases de novo purine synthesis
6-TG, clinical use
ALL
6-TG, toxicity
Bone marrow depression, liver. Can be given with allopurinol.
Cytarabine, MOA
Pyrimidine analog
Cytarabine, clinical use
AML, ALL, high grade NHL.
Cytarabine, toxicity
Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, megaloblastic anemia