Pharm antivirals Flashcards
are antiretrovirals virustatic or virucidal?
virustatic
what are the five major classes of antiretroviral medications?
- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI’s) and nucleotide RTI’s (tenofovir))
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI’s)
- protease inhibitors
- entry inhibitors
- integrase inhibitors
what are the NRTI’s?
zidovudine, lemivudine, emtricitabine, abacavir, tenofovir
what is the mechanism of NRTI’s?
viral DNA chain termination via inhibition of viral reverse transcriptase. Tenofovir is a nucleoTide, the others are nucleosides and need to be phosphorylated to be active
what does zidovudine mimic? lemivudine? emtricitabine? abacavir? tenofovir?
zidovudine = thymidine. lemivudine = cytosine. emtricitabine = cytosine. abacavir = guanine. tenofovir = adenosine.
which NRTIs can also be used for HBV?
lamivudine, emtricitabine, tenofovir
zidovudine side effects
granulocytopenia, anemia, nausea, vomiting
lamivudine and emtricitabine side effects
headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, neutropenia, pancreatitis (NOT SERIOUS)
abacavir side effects
hypersensitivity reaction - associated with HLA-B5701 mutation
tenofovir side effects
nephrotoxicity
what are the NNRTI’s?
efavirenz, nevirapine, rilpivirine, etravirine
NNRTI’s mechanism
inhibit reverse transcriptase through direct enzyme inhibition (do not require phosphorylation to be active) - NONCOMPETITIVE!
what are NNRTI’s and NRTI’s used to treat?
HIV
NNRTIs side effects
rash and hepatotoxicity - efavirenz also has vivid dreams and CNS symptoms (stop when ax wielding elves appear in dream!), teratogenic, P450 metabolism
what are the HIV protease inhibitors?
-navir (NA VIRUS! NO NEW VIRUS!)
ritonavir, fosamprenavir, atazanavir, darunavir, lopinavir
HIV protease inhibitors (-navir) mechanism
prevent cleavage of protein chain into functional subunits
which HIV protease inhibitor has “good” drug interactions? how?
ritonavir “boosts” other drug concentrations by inhibiting cytochrome P-450
HIV protease inhibitors (-navir) side effects
GI intolerance (n/v, diarrhea), metabolic toxicities!! (dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, lipodystrophy)
what are the 3 steps of HIV attachment and fusion?
- HIV gp120 binds CD4 molecule
- conformational change occurs in gp120 and then binds the coreceptor CCR5 or CXCR4
- further conformational changes in gp120 expose gp41 protein which mediates fusion of the viral and cell membranes
what are the HIV entry inhibitors?
enfuvitide and maraviroc
enfuvirtide mechanism
binds gp41, inhibiting viral entry
enfuvirtide side effects
skin reaction at injection sites
maraviroc mechanism
binds CCR-5 on surface of Tcells/monocytes, inhibiting interaction with gp120 - TARGET IS ON HOST CELL!