LEC 22 - Anti-Cestodals Flashcards
What are the five basic mechanisms that anti-parasitic agents use?
Neurotoxins, DNA inhibitors, Metabolic inhibitors, Protein synthesis inhibitors, Membrane inhibitors, and Development inhibitors
Which of the five mechanisms are used against Helminths?
Neurotoxins and Metabolic inhibitors
Which of the five mechanisms are used against external parasites?
Neurotoxins and Development inhibitors
Which of the five mechanisms are used against protozoa?
DNA inhibitors, Metabolic inhibitors, Protein synthesis inhibitors, and developmental inhibitors
What are the eight drug classes used as anti-helminthic drugs?
Isoquinolones, Chorsulon, Benzamidizoles, Piperazines, Imidathiazoles, Tetrahydropyrimidines, Macrocyclic lactones, and arsenicals
What are the three types of helminths?
Cestodes, Trematodes, and Nematodes
What types of drugs kill cestodes?
Isoquinolones
What types of drugs kill Trematodes?
Chorsulon and Benzamidizoles
What types of drugs kill Nematodes?
Benzamidizoles, Piperazines, Imidathiazoles, Tetrahydropyrimidines, and Macrocyclic lactones
What does arsenicals kill specifically?
D. Immitis
What is the basic anatomy of a tape worm?
Each segment has everything that it needs to reproduce
What is the method which is approved in cattle to kill tapeworm?
None
What are the two isoquinolones?
Praziquantal and epsiprantal
What are the two types of benzamidazoles?
Albendazole and Fenbendazole
What are the indications for praziquantel?
All tape worms in cats, dogs, and horses.
What is the pharmodynamic process for praziquantel?
Altered intracellular homeostasis, causes direct/indirect disruption of cellular metabolism, causing tenanic paralysis/tegumentary breakdown, causing host response, leading to dead tapeworm
How is praziquantel administered?
PO + IM + SC
How well is praziquantel absorbed?
Completely absorbed by the PO route