multiple sclerosis drugs Flashcards by Brittany Friedberg | Brainscape

Q

relapsing-remitting type (exaserbation and remissions)

A

beta-1a

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relapsing and relapsing-remitting type

relapsing= no remission

A

beta- 1b

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give IM weekly or SC daily for 3 day a week.

-administer late in the day and allow 48 hrs between SQ injections

A

beta-1a

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give SC every other day; use wthin 3 hrs after reconstitution

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beta-1b

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what is the expected pharmacologic action of these drugs?

A

inhibit movement of leukocytes across the BBB

- protect myelin form the damanging effects of luekocytes

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which of the drugs can cause flu-like symptoms and injection site reactions?

A

all of them!

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