PHARM: Viral Based Diseases Flashcards
What diseases is acyclovir used to treat?
Varicella Zoster
Varicella chicken pox
What diseases is cidofovir used to treat?
Pox virus family
HHV-6
HHV-7
HHV-8
What diseases is famciclovir used to treat?
Varicella Zoster
HHV-8
What diseases is forscarnet used to treat?
HHV-6
What diseases is ganciclovir used to treat?
HHV-6
HHV-8
HHV-8 infection
What diseases is valacyclovir used to treat?
Varicella Zoster
Varicella chicken pox
HHV-8
What diseases is valganciclovir used to treat?
HHV-6
HHV-8 infection
What is famciclovir metabolized to?
penciclovir
What disease is penciclovir used to treat?
herpes labialis
What is the MOA of all the anti-virals of this block except for cidofovir and forscarnet?
Competitive inhibition of viral DNA polymerase (competes with deoxyguanosine triphosphate for incorporation into viral DNA)
What is the MOA of cidofovir?
competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase; competes with deoxycytosine triphosphate for incorporation into viral DNA
What is the MOA of forscarnet?
selectively inhibits viral-specific DNA polymerases and reverse transciptases at pyrophosphate-binding site (blocks chain elongation)
What two antivirals that we are studying DO NOT require phosphorylation to be activated?
cidofovir
forscarnet
What is the method of elimination of all of the anti-virals for this block?
renal elimination (dose adjustment for renal filure)
What drugs work against kinase-deficient virus strains?
cidofovir and forscarnet