Pharm - antiviral drugs Flashcards
Acyclovir area of use?
Viruses that have the Thymidine kinase enzyme to activate the drug. These viruses are Herpe simplex 1 and 2 and Varicella Zoster.
These viruses have a dormant part of their life cycle which means you do not cure the infections due to non-replicant viruses.
Mechanism of action of “-ovirs”?
prodrug that is activated by host kinases. The active metabolite lach 3’ -OH which will terminate the DNA chain transcription = chain terminators.
Foscarnet mechanism of action?
Inhibits DNA and RNA polymerases. Areas of use are identical to those of ganciclovir.
Foscarnet side effects?
renal toxicity - acute tubular necrosis
HAART =
Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy
Treatment of HIV general picture?
Reverse Transcriptase inhibitors
efavirenze and sleep`?
can produce dysphoric dreams, commonly known as NIGHTMARES!!
Zidovudine(ZDV) and Azidothymine(AZT) mechanism of action?
Compete with natural nucleotides and can also be incorporated into viral DNA to cause chain termination ===> chain terminator
Other NRTIs mechanism of action?
Same as ZDV except the active metabolite express different nucleotide that inhibit RT.
ide effects of AZT?
Hematotoxicity(major and dose-limiting)
“-udine”“-tabine”“-vudine” indicates ………
“-udine”“-tabine”“-vudine” indicates antiretroviral
HIV: Protease inhibitors mechanism of action?
Aspratate protease(pol) cleaves precursor polypeptides in HIV that buds to form the proteins of the mature virus core.
This enzyme, aspartate protease, contains dipeptide structures which the PIs can bind to, thereby inhibiting the enzyme.
Resistance occurs via specific point mutations in pol gene
indinavir and ritonavir are ………..
indinavir and ritonavir are rotease inhibitors
side effects of PIs?
crystaluria(keep patient hydrated), major drug interactions, syndrome of disordered lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
Enfuvirtide mechanism of action?
binds gp41 and inhibits fusion of HIV-1 to CD4+ cells
Maraviroc mechanism of action?
blocks CCR5 protein on T-cell surgace to prevent viral entry