NSAIDs Flashcards
What are the four components of inflammation?
Rubor
Tumor
Calor
Dolor
What happens to the local vessels with inflammation?
Vasodilation
What are the molecular inflammatory mediators?
Bradykinin
Substance P
Histamine
5HT
What are the three major arachidonic acid metabolites?
Prostaglandins
Thromboxanes
Prostacyclins
What is the major inflammatory cytokine?
TNF-alpha
What are the vasoactive amines?
histamine
5HT
What is the major kinin?
Bradykinin
What is the major neuropeptide that mediates pain?
Substance P
What is the role of substance P in inflammation?
Released from afferent neurons to cause mast cells to release histamine
What are the two goals of the analgesic drugs?
Relieve pain
Delay/arrest disease process
What are the four functional characteristics of NSAIDs?
Analgesia
Antipyretic
Anti-inflammatory
Inhibit COX1/2
Why is acetaminophen not an NSAID?
Does not have antiinflammatory properties
What is the primary target of NSAIDs?
COX1 and COX2
What are the two main prostaglandins that are involved in inflammation? What does these do?
PGE2
PGI2
increase edema and vascular permeability
What is the role of COX 1? When is it active?
Constitutively expressed housekeeping functions (e.g. stomach mucosa protection)
What is the role of COX 2? When is it active?
Inducible enzyme that increases the production of inflammatory molecules (e.g. PGI2)
What is the role of COX-2 in the kidney?
Needed for normal functioning
Which COX enzyme is involved in the protection of the gastric mucosa?
COX 1
What is the enzyme that creates arachidonic acid from the lipid bilayer?
Phospholipase A
What are the two pathways in which arachidonic acid can go down? What are the end results of these pathways?
Converted to 5-lipoxygenase to cause LTC4, LTD4, LTE4
Converted via COX to prostaglandins/thromboxanes
What are the two general types of NSAIDs?
Nonselective (e.g. ASA)
COX-2 selective (e.g. Celecoxib)
Which OTC drug has caffeine in it?
Excedrin (ASA, caffeine, acetaminophen)
What is the major metabolite of ASA? HOw is this excreted?
salicylic acid
Conjugated with glucuronic acid, and urinated
What is the MOA of ASA?
Irreversible COX inhibitor
Why is there a potential for drug interactions with ASA?
highly bound to albumin
What are the effects of low dose ASA?
Analgesia
Antipyretic effects