Pharm 1 and 2 Flashcards
Erectile dysfunction, drug and its effect
PGE1, vasodilator
Glaucoma, drug and its effect
PGE1, PGE2 eye drops, vasodilation opening the canal of schlem
Ductus arteriosus
There are situations where you want this to be open
Open- vasodilator, Close- vasocontrictor
Labor and Abortion, drugs and there effects
PGF2alpha– SM contraction, abortion
PGE2–dilates the opening of the uterus
Pulmonary Hypertension, drug and its effect
PGI2- vasodilator
secreted exclusively by endothelial cells, vasodilation, relief of symptoms
PGI2
constitutive (housekeeping)– produces prostacyclin (relaxing smooth muscles of vessels, blood flow easily)
COX1
inducible by inflammatory responses (indicative of pathologic)
COX2
high vasoconstrictor–> prone for ischemic events
PGF2alpa and PGD2
Treatment of arthritis
block COX2 and administer PGE2
Arthritis (rheumatoid, osteoarthritis etc)
COX2 and PGE2 are marked
PGE2
eicosanoid, central to rheumatoid and osteo arthritis, potent vasodilator (good, same as PGE1) , causes pain (bad thing, lowers the threshold of pain)
Asthma, general treatment
Both PGD2 and LT
LTC4 & LTD4
- Block LT synthesis
Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis
Increased LTB4 in the affected mucosa causes an increase in leukocyte infiltration
Evidential relationship between eicosanoids and cancer
chronic asthma medication and low colon cancer