Movement Disorder 3- MJ Flashcards
Which disease?
•Impaired biliary copper excretion leads to accumulation of copper in several organs (liver, brain, cornea)
Wilson disease
The following are sxs of Wilson Disease?
•Symptoms include liver and CNS
- Liver – N/V/fatigue/jaundice/muscle cramps
- CNS - tremors or uncontrolled movements, muscle stiffness, problems with speech, swallowing, or physical coordination
Wilson Disease
What are the 2 treatment options for Wilson Disease?
- Chelating agents (D-penicillamine, Trientine)
- Oral zinc
The following describes which tx option for Wilson Disease?
•remove extra copper from the body by releasing it from organs into the bloodstream
Chelating agents (D-penicillamine, Trientine)
MOA of which med used to tx Wilson Disease?
•Contains a free sulfhydryl group that functions as a copper chelating moiety**
D-penicillamine
ADEs of which med used to tx Wilson Disease?
•Early onset:
- fever
- cutaneous eruptions
- lymphadenopathy
- neutropenia
- thrombocytopenia,
- proteinuria
•Late onset-months to years: proteinuria
D-penicillamine
Txs for Wilson Disease:
What should you give patients who are taking D-penicillamine in order to prevent pyridoxal phosphate deficiency**
Pyridoxine
How does trientine (a copper chelator) differ from D-penicillamine?
- by a lack of sulfhydryl group
- Chelates copper by forming a stable complex with its four constituent nitrogens
The following describes which drug used to treat Wilson Disease?
- Chelates copper by forming a stable complex with its four constituent nitrogens and is as effective as D-penicillamine
- MOA: Functions principally by removing copper from less strongly bound sites on proteins and membranes, and it increases renal copper excretion
Trientine
What is the pharmacokinetics of Trientine, a med used to tx Wilson Disease?
Poorly absorbed; only 1 percent of the ingested amount is excreted in the urine.
Treatments for Wilson Disease
T/F: Trientene has more adverse effects than D-penicillamine
FALSE
Trientine has fewer ADEs than D-penicillamine
Wilson Disease treatments: Trientine
- Hypersensitivity reactions and pancytopenia are _____
- Neurologic worsening is seen but appears to be ______ common than with D-penicillamine
- rare
- less
Treatments of Wilson disease:
Trientine is not specific to copper, it also chelates _____. Because of this, what should you not coadminister with this medication?
Iron
So don’t give iron! The trientine iron complex is nephrotoxic
Wilson Disease Treatment: Trientine
- Copper deficiency induced by trientine can lead to _____ overload in the liver.
- This excess______ may potentiate liver injury
iron
Monitoring:
Adequacy of trientine treatment (for Wilsons Disease) should be determined by measuring _____ _____ ______, which should be in the range of 200 to 500 mcg (3 to 8 micromoles) daily
24-hour copper excretion
MOA of which med used to tx Wilson Disease?
- interferes with the absorption of copper
- Induces metallothionein (an endogenous chelator of metals) in enterocytes which has a greater affinity for copper than for zinc, causing it to bind luminal copper and thereby preventing its entry into the circulation
- Excreted in stool
Oral Zinc
Treatments for Wilson Disease:
- The 2 forms of oral zinc salts are zinc acetate, zinc sulfate and zinc gluconate.
- Which one has better absorption? Which one is more tolerable?
- Best absorption= zinc acetate
- More tolerable (than zinc sulfate) w/ respect to GI side effects= Zinc gluconate