Pharm 4 all drugs Flashcards
Phenytoin
Na+ channel blocker
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AE=
other=
Carbamazepine
Na+ channel blocker
1st line=
AE=
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Oxcarbazepine
Na+ channel blocker
Treats=
Valproic acid
Na+ channel blocker Ca T-type blocker increase GABA production decrease GABA metabolism 1st line= AE= other=
Lamotrigine
Na+ channel blocker decrease GLUT release Treats= Rash and Aseptic meningitis Other use=bipolar disorder
Topiramate
Na+ channel blocker increase GABA receptor effects decrease Kainate GLUT receptor effects Adjunct therapy AE= other=
Zonisamide
Na+ channel blocker Ca T-type channel inhibitor increase GABA effects increase DA/5HT effects Adjunct therapy Alt. to valproic acid weight loss other=
Lidocaine
Na+ channel blocker
Treats=
Mexiletine
Lacosamide
Na+ channel blocker and neuroprotective
Adjunct therapy for partial seizures and used for neuropathic pain
AE=
Other=
Retigabine
K+ channel activator
Adjunct for partial seizures
AE=urinary retention
Phenobarbitol + Primidone (prodrug)
GABAa allosteric activators
increase duration of GABA Cl- channel opening
1st line=Seizures in young children and infantile spasms
2nd line=
AE=CNS depression and physical dependence
Diazepam, Lorazepam, Clonazepam, Clorazepate
GABAa allosteric activators; increase frequency of GABA Cl- channel opening
Acute Tx=Status epilepticus
AE=
Other= paraldehyde and flumazenil
Tiagabine
GABA reuptake inhibitor
Adjunct therapy
may exacerbate=absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Thalamic T-type Ca+ channel Blocker
1st=absence seizures
EFGH
Tox=
Gabapentin and Pregabalin
Selective alpha2delt1 V-G Ca channel blocker
Neuropathic pain
Parent drugs cleared unchanged by kidney
Levetiracetam
Ca channel affinity
blocks synaptic vesicle fusion
adjunct monotherapy
Morphine
3B
6B
Heroin
2-4X
Converted to morphine in brain
Hydromorphone and Oxymorphone
8-10X
same efficacy shorter duration
Codeine and Dextromethorphan
1/10th anti-tussive weak analgesic prodrug CYP2D6
Oxycodone
Hydrocodone
dihydrocodeine
similar potency
hydrocodone=short acting
prodrugs-CYP2D6
Meperidine
1/8th potency shorter duration post-surgical analgesia not for chronic pain increase seizure risk Less smooth muscle spasms no miosis
Fentanyl
80-100X
fast onset, short duration
intraoperative anesthesia
periphral nerve blocks
Levorphanol
long t1/2