Iszard Asthma and COPD drugs Flashcards
What are the 2 drug categories for asthma?
- Anti inflammatory
2. Bronchodialators
What class relaxes smooth muscle airways?
beta 2 relax airway smooth-muscle cells of all airways
What type of drug is albuterol?
Short acting beta agonist (SABA)
What is the only b2 agonist drug available by subcutaneous injection ?
Terbutaline Sulfate
What type of drug is terbutaline?
Terbutaline-(SABA) is a beta-adrenergic agonist with preferential effects on the beta-2 receptors resulting in smooth muscle relaxation.
What beta 2 agonies is used as a bronchodilator for bronchialasthmaand for reversible bronchospasm which may occur in association withbronchitisand COPD
Metaproterenol
What beta 2 agonist is indicated in the prevention and reversal of bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older with reversible bronchospasm including asthma.
It may be used with or without concurrent theophylline and/or corticosteroid therapy.
Pirbuterol
What beta agonist drug can produce a clinically significant cardiovascular effect in some patients,
Pirbuterol
What beta agonist drug can produce cardiovascular effects and can produce paradoxical bronchospasm which is life threatening?
Metaproterenol
What beta 2 agonist is used in treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in patients 4 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease
Levalbuterol
What is a caution in taking levalbuterol?
Life-threatening paradoxical bronchospasm may occur
What is beclomethasone?
Inhaled corticosteroid
What inhaled corticosteroid is prescribed as a maintenance treatment for asthma and as prophylactic therapy in patients 5 years of age and older.
Beclomethasone
What is is a concerting of switching from systemically active corticosteroids to Beclomethasone?
deaths due to adrenal insufficiency have occurred in asthmatic patients during and after transfer from systemic corticosteroids to less systemically available inhaled corticosteroids.
What can take time to recover when switching from systemic corticosteroids to beclomethasone?
After withdrawal from systemic corticosteroids, a number of months are required for recovery of hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) function
What class is the most effective controllers for asthma and most effective anti-inflammatory agents used in asthma therapy?
Inhaled corticosteroids!
How do inhaled corticosteroids work?
major effect of corticosteroids is to switch off the transcription of multiple activated genes that encode inflammatory proteins
What is first line therapy in persistant asthma?
Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS)
If Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS)
do not control asthma sx at low dose, what is give?
add a LABA
What inhaled corticosteroids are used as Maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy six years and older?
- Budesonide
2. Flunisolide