Introduction Flashcards
Articles used in diagnosis prevention treatment mitigation of diseases
Drugs
▪️What the DRUG does to the BODY
▪️ Study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs
▪️Effects (MOA)
Pharmacodynamics
▪️What the BODY does to the DRUG
▪️ Study of processes a drug undergoes as it reaches and leaves the biological site of action
▪️Fate & Disposition (ADME)
Pharmacokinetics
▪️ Study of rational use of drugs in the management of diseases
▪️Clinical & Uses
Pharmacotherapeutics
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
▪️ Drugs that alter the biochemical and physiological functions of the cell
▪️Biggest Class of Drugs
Functional Modifiers
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
Add/Supplement endogenous compounds which are insufficient/lacking/absent
Replenishers
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
Drugs that are used to confirm diagnosis of certain diseases
Diagnostic Agents
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS
Agents used to kill or inhibit growth cells considered as foreign to the body
Chemotherapeutic Agents
▪️Biologic site of action, “action site” or “active site”
▪️Targets a physiologic action
▪️Ex. Structural & Regulatory Proteins
Target Protein Mediated
Basic unit of the structural protein
Tubulin
Made of alpha and beta units of tubulin
Microtubules
Target Protein
Structural Proteins
▪️Target?
▪️Drugs?
▪️Target: Tubulin, Microtubules
▪️Drugs: Griseofulvin, Colchicine, Vinca, Taxanes
DRUGS THAT INHIBIT MICROTUBULES (4)
- Griseofulvin
- Colchicine
- Antimitotic Drugs (Chemo Drugs)
- Benzimidazole
▪️1st line tx for acute gout
▪️Inhibits chemotaxis of immune cells that causes inflammation
Colchicine
▪️Antifungal agent for Dermatophytosis (tinea/ringworm)
▪️Enzyme inducer
▪️Inhibit blocks fungal mitosis
Griseofulvin
Neurotoxic
Vincristine (under Vinca Alkaloid as Antimitotic/AntiCA Drugs)
Taxanes (Under Antimitotic/AntiCA Drugs)
Paclitaxel
Docetaxel
Cabazitaxel
▪️Regulates biochemical or physiological cell activity or function
▪️Ex. Voltage-Gated Ion Channels (Na, K, Ca)
Regulatory Proteins
REGULATORY PROTEINS
▪️Class I Anti-Arrhythmics
▪️Local Anesthetics (-caine)
▪️Some Anticonvulsants (Phenytoin, Carbamazepine)
Voltage-Gated Na-Channels
REGULATORY PROTEINS
▪️Class III Anti-Arrythmics (BBIDAS)
▪️Insulin Secretagogues (Sulfonylureas: Glimeperide)
Voltage-Gated K Channels
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Disopyramide
Quinidine
Procainamide
Class IA Anti-arrhythmics
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Tocainamide
Mexiletine
Lidocaine
Phenytoin
Class IB Anti-arrhythmics
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Moricizine
Flecainide
Propafenone
Encainide
Class IC Anti-arrhythmics
- Prolong Action Potential
- Shorten Action Potential
- No Effect on Action Potential
- Class IA Anti-Arrhythmics
- Class IB Anti-Arrhythmics
- Class IC Anti-Arrhythmics
REGULATORY PROTEIN-CHANNELS?
▪️Dihydropyridine “-dipines”
▪️Non-DHP Class IV Anti-Arrhythmics
▪️ Ex. Verapamil - cardioselective tx for arrhythymia; Diltiazem
Ca Channel Blockers
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Propranolol
Esmolol
Acebutolol
Class II Anti-Arrhythmics
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Mnemonics: BBIDAS
Bepridil
Bretylium
Ibutilide
Dofetilide
Amiodarone
Sotalol
Class III Anti-Arrhythmics
What Class Number of Anti-Arrhythmics are the ff. drugs:
Diltiazem
Verapamil
Class IV Anti-Arrhythmics
CARRIER MOLECULES (2)
- Na/K-ATPase Pump (Na-K Pump)
- H/K-ATPase Pump (Proton Pump)
CARRIER MOLECULES
▪️ found in cardiac myocytes
▪️ responsible for Ca extrusion (for contraction)
▪️Inhibitor: Cardiac Glycosides
Digoxin - Digitalis lanata
DigiToxin - Digitalis purpurea
Na/K-ATPase Pump (Na-K Pump)
CARRIER MOLECULES
▪️seen in parietal cells at the stomach
▪️HCl production
▪️Inhibitor: PPIs (-prazole)
Omeprazole -most effective in hyperacidity
H/K-ATPase Pump (Proton Pump)
Enzymes (Under Regulatory Proteins)
Inhibited by NSAIDs, Aspirin, -coxibs
Cyclooxygenase (COX)
What type of cyclooxygenase (COX) is CONSTITUTIVE enzyme responsible for platelet aggregation and gastric protection or stomach/intestine
COX-1
What type of cyclooxygenase (COX) is INDUCIBLE enzyme responsible for pain and inflammation
COX-2