Musculoskeletal Pharmacology Flashcards
Osteoarthritis
Progressive disease that can result in chronic pain, restricted range of motion, muscle weakness especially when a weight bearing joint is affected .
What contributes to primary OA?
Primary OA is either idiopathic or related to age and hormone changes
What contributes to secondary OA?
Secondary OA is formed by trauma, infection, or loss of synovial fluid in the affected joint
Modifiable risk contributing to OA?
- Obesity ( either prior to diagnosis to OA or after
- Occupation with heavy weight lifting related to repetitive movements
- smoking
- Vitamin D Deficiency
What are the non-modifiable risk factors leading to OA?
- Age
- Race
- Gender
- Genetics
What Gender is more common for OA
women
What race is more prone to OA
White and Native American
What is the non-pharmalogical treatment for OA of the hand?
- Exercise
- Self management
- Thumb brace (CMC orthosis)
What is the non-pharmalogical treatment for OA of the knee?
- Exercise
- Self Management
- Weight loss
- Tai Chi
- TF knee brace
What is the non-pharmalogical treatment for OA of the hip?
- Exercise
- Self management
- Weight loss
- Tai Chi
- Cane
What is the pharmacological treatment for OA of the hand?
Oral NSAIDS
What is the pharmacological treatment for OA of the knee?
- NAIDS
- Topical NSAIDS
- Intra-articular glucocorticoid injections
What is the pharmacological treatment for OA of the hip?
- NSAIDS
- Intra-articular glucocorticoid injections
- US guided intra-articular glucocorticoid injections
First line treatment for OA?
Oral NSAIDS
What are the risks associated with oral NSAID use?
GI bleeding and cardiac events
Name the oral NSAIDs used in OA that can cause GI bleeding?
- aspirin
- Naproxen
- Ibprofen
Name the oral NSAID used to in OA that can cause cardiac events?
Celecoxib
What patient population with OA can you not give oral NSAIDS to?
- Cardiac
2. Renal
What drug would you use to treat a patient with OA and renal disease?
Tramadol
A nurse practitioner is prescribing a topical NSAID for OA of the knee, what is the topical agent called?
Diclofenac (Voltaren)
The nurse practitioner knows that the black box warning for Diclofenac is..
Increased risk for cardiac events
What is a topical agent used for OA made out of peppers?
Capsaican (Salonpas)
Refractory agents used for OA
- Cymbalta
2. Glucorticosteriod injections
What is Gout?
An inflammatory condition that results from monosodium urate crystals precipitating in the synovial fluid between joints due to hyperuricemia
What is the most common affected joint in a patient with Gout?
Big toe (metatarsophlangeal joint)
What other joints can gout affect?
- ankles
- knees
- fingers
- wrists
- elbows
Risk factors for Gout?
- obesity
- Hypertension
- Thiazide and loop diuretics
- Alcohol
- meats
- aged cheeses
Teaching for patient with Gout
- limit alcohol intake
- limit purin intake
- limit high fructose corn syrup
- weight loss
- Switch to alternative diuretics
- Losartan as an anti-hypertensive drug
Indications for urate lowering therapy
- one or more sq tophi
- radiographic damage due to gout
- gout inflammatory activity
- Frequent gout flare ups greater or equal to 2 flares a year
This class of medication increases excretion of uric acid by blocking reabsorption in the kidney
Uricosurics
Drugs classified as uricosurics
- Probenecid (Probalan)
2. sulfinpyrazone (Anturane)
This class of drugs inhibits formation of uric acid
- Allopurinol (lopurin, zyloprim)
2. febxostat (uloric)
This class of drugs converts uric acid into a less toxic form
- Pegloticase (Krystexxa)
Black box warning for Febuxostat (Uloric)
Risk for cardiac events