NSAIDS Flashcards
Autacoids
Paracrine/autocrine hormones released in response to injury
Serotonin, histamine, kinins, lipid derivatives
Eicosanoids
20Carbon chains with short 1/2 lives - means it will act locally
Prostaglandin identification
Stimulated uterine contractions and lowered BP
PG made from, what do they bind, half lives, and what they do
From AA Bind surfac receptors Short T1/2 Short duration of response need continuous synthesis Local responses in tissues
Phospholipase A2
Rate limiting enzyme in PG production…liberates AA from the membrane
COX enzyme catalyzes formation of
Prostaglandins, prostacyclins, thromboxanes
Phospholipase C
Liberates IP3
COX reaction
Forms unstable intermediate from AA…then final product formed depending on the cell type
AA linear pathway
Creates Leukotrienes…not target for NSAIDs
What is NSAID disadvantage?
Bluntly inhibits synthesis of all prostaglandins…there are wide variety of effects
Prostaglandins mediate action of
Inflammation Smooth muscle Thrombosis Parturition GI secretions Renal phys Development
Glucocorticoids
Adrenal steroids with anti-inflam effects
Glucocorticoid systemic side effects
Immunosuppression
Steroid hormones come from
Cholesterol
Glucocorticoid action
Inhibits synthesis of COX at gene expression level
Upregulates Lipocortin Annexin 1 that inhibits phospholipase A2
Block RL step
This is longer lasting but longer onset to work
NSAID effects
Antiinflam Antipyretic (fever) Analgesic (pain) Platelet effects Gastric Renal Cardiovascular Gout
NSAID action
Competitive inhibitors of COX 1 and 2
Quicker acting than glucocorticoids
Aspirin is a
Salicylate
Salicylate (aspirin) uses
Prophylactic for thromboembolic (clotting) dz (cardiac and cerebral)
Pregancy and aspirin
Decrease birth weight and increase in mortality, anemia, and hemorrhage