Microbio - antiviral drugs Flashcards
Do not give aspirin in children for fever,. You give what?
Acetaminophen
Chemical treatment for genital warts
Podophyllin
Host-coded proteins that are member of cytokines and which inhibits viral replication.
Interferon (IFN)
type II or immune interferon
IFN Gamma
T or F: IFN does not protect virus-infected cell and not itself the antiviral agent
True
Neuraminidase inhibitors that can shorten course of influenza A and B infection
Zanamivir (inhaled)
Oseltamivir (oral)
Rimantadine and amantadine action
Prevents viral un coating in influenza A
Inhibits early replication of influenza A (not B)
Prevents in coating by binding to M2 (matrix protein)
Amantadine
Other name for amantadine
Alpha-adamantanamine
Symmetrel
Resistant strains of influenza A to amantadine
H3N2 virus
H1N1 strains
Has longer half life than amantadine
Require no dosage adjustment in renal failure
Rimantadine
Other name for rimantadine
Flumadine
Drugs that inhibits NA synthesis
Acyclovir Ganciclovir Vidarabine Fomivirsen Foscarnet
Drug of choice for HSV-1 encephalitis
Acyclovir
Treatment fro HSV 1&2 and VZV
Acyclovir
Phsphorylated acyclovir is converted by thymidine kinase into…. which interferes with viral synthesis by acting as competitive substrate for DNA polymerase and chain termination
Acyclovir triphosphate
Acyclovir triphosphate inhibits DNA synthesis by (2)
Competitive substrate for DNA polymerase
Chain termination
Involved in the initial viral-specific phosphorylation of acyclovir
Thymidine kinase
Prodrug and oral prep of ganciclovir
Valgancyclovir
Prodrug of acyclovir?
Valacyclovir.
It has longer duration
Another guanosine analog that does not cause chain termination
Penciclovir
Major route of elimination of acyclovir
Renal excretion
Mode of action of ganciclovir
Inhibits DNA polymerase of cmv and HSV
Chain termination
Treatment for CMV infection
Ganciclovir
Dihydroxypropoxymethylguanine (DHPG)
Gancyclovir
Drug of choice for CMV retinitis
Gancyclovir
Adverse effect of ganciclovir
MaLTHuS Mucositis Leukopenia Thrombocytopenia Hepatic dysfunction Seizure
Adenine arabinose, ara-A
Vidarabine
Nucleoside analog of arabinose, instead of ribose.
Teratogenic.
Vidarabine
Topical herpes keratitis but no effect on genital lesions
Vidarabine
Adverse effect of vidarabine
GiPiTCH Gi irritation Paresthesia Tremor Convulsion Hepatic dysfunction
Antisense oligonucleotide that binds to mRNA of CMV
Fomivirsen
Trisodium phosphonoformate, foscavir
Foscarnet