Indications Flashcards
Phenytoin
Seizures
5-fluorouracil (5FU)
Colon, breast, gastroesophageal, hepatocellular, pancreatic carcinomas
Codeine
Analgesia
Warfarin
Anticoagulant
Albendazole
Nematodes generally (but can be used for certain cestode and trematode infections)
Active drug, GI absorbed
Good for systemic infections and infections in gut
Mebendazole
Nematodes generally (but can be used for certain cestode and trematode infections)
Active drug, NOT GI absorbed
Good for infections localized in lumen of gut
Ivermectin
Nematodes
Onchocerciasis AKA African River Blindness (in
combo w/ steroids)
Lymph filariasis (in combo with albendazole)
Ineffective against trematodes & cestodes
Pyrantel Pamoate
Nematodes in GI lumen
Diethylcarbamazine
Nematodes
Loiasis
Lymph. filariasis (in combo w/
albendazole)
Praziquantal
Trematodes – schistosomiasis
Cestodes
neffective against nematodes
Benzimidazole effects what stages?
Eggs, larvae/ microfilariae, adults
Ivermectin effects what stages?
Larvae/ microfilariae
Pyrantel Pamoate effects what stages?
Larvae, adults
Diethylcarbamazine effects what stages?
Larvae/ microfilariae, adults
Praziquantal effects what stages?
Immature stages, adults
Artemisinins
First line therapy
Targets blood stages P. falciparum(some gametocytocidal action) asexual blood stages of P. vivax
Chloroquine Phosphate
Drug of choice
Highly effective against chloroquine‐S P falciparum asexual blood stages, w/ some gametocytocidal activity
Quinne Sulfate
Mainstay for chloroquine resistant and MDR P. falciparum asexual blood stages
Gametocyticidal against P.vivax & P.ovale
Primaquine
Acts on primary and latent hepatic stages of plasmodia
*only agent that can eradicate liverstages of P. vivax and P. ovale
Effective against relapse in P. vivax and P. ovale
Gametocytocidal against P. falciparum
Atovaquone
Active against P.falciparum asexual blood stages and primary liver stages (not P.vivax)
*Used for chemoprophylaxis/uncomplicated P.falciparum
Proguanil
Active against asexual blood and primary liver stages of P.falciparum and acute P.vivax
Clindamycin
Areas with chloroquine‐resistant P falciparum combine w/ quinine for pregnant women infected w/ malaria
Isoniazid (INH)
Most effective tx in susceptible strains of TB
Pyrazinamide
TB
Ethambutol
TB
Rifampin
TB