Kruse DSA: Pharmacology of Alcohol Flashcards
Drugs we use for the tx of acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome
- Diazepam
- Lorazepam
- Oxazepam
- Thiamine
Drugs for the prevention of alcohol abuse
- Acmprosate
- Disulfiram
- Naltrexone
Drugs for the tx of acute methanol or ethylene glycol poisonin
- Ethanol
- Fomepizole
What is fetal alcohol syndrome
-a syndrome of craniofacial dysmorphia, heart defects, and mental retardation caused by the teratogenic effects of ethanol consumption during pregnancy
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
-syndrome of ataxia, confusion, and paralysis of the EO muscles that is associated with chronic alcoholism and thiamine deficiency
Where does alcohol get absorbed the most?
-the small intestine
What order kinetics does alcohol follow?
- zero order
- independent of time and concentration
What enzyme metabolizes alcohol?
- Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)
- aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)
What does fomepizole inhibit
-alcohol dehydrogenase
What does disulfiram inhibit?
- Aldehyde dehydrogenase
- gives you a bitch of a hangover
What does ADH do?
- converts ethanol to acetaldehyde
- in the liver
What other thing is required to vonvert ethanol to acetaldehyde?
- NAD+
- so, NADH comes out of there too
What does aspirin do in this DSA?
- inhibits gastric ADH and can increase ethanol bioavailability
- Fomepizole inhibits ADH and is used in tx of acute methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning
What is acetadehyde also dependent on?
-NAD+
What does acetaldehyde get converted to?
- acetic acid
- (produces NADH)
Which drug inhibits ALDH?
-disulfiram, a drug used for the tx of alcohol abuse and dependence
does ALDH have genetic polymorphisms?
- yes
- Asians… remember Ross the boss tanaka
What is the microsomal ethanol oxidizing system (MEOS)?
- oxidases (CYP450’s) use NADPH as a cofactor in the metabolism of ethanol to acetaldehyde
- higher concentrations of alcohol
Which cyp does chronic alcoholism induce?
- CYP2E1
- enhanced activation of toxins, free radicals, and hydrogen peroxide
What big ion channel does ethanol affect?
- NMDA subtype of glutamate receptors
- glutamate= primary excitatory NT in CNS
- GABA receptor… inhibitory in CNS
- enhances effects of GABA receptor and leads to an increased depression of the CNS