PLE: Pharma Cardio Flashcards
Class of Digoxin
Cardiac glycoside - positive intoropic drug
MOA of Digoxin
Na/K/ATPase inhibition to increase intracellular calcium
Side effect of digoxin
Blurry, yellow visual changes
Drugs which reduce digoxin clearance (5)
Quinidine Amiodarone Cyclosporine DIltiazem Verapamil
Drugs with Narrow Therapeutic Index mnemonics
WALA na Cyang Papa! VasTeD na!
Drugs with narrow therapeutic index
warfarin aminoglycoside lithium amphotericin B carbamazepine phenobarbital phenytoin vancomycin theophylline digoxin
Drug of choice for digitalis toxicity
lidocaine
1st line therapy for systolic and diastolic failure
diuretics
1st line drugs for chronic heart failure
angiotensin antagonists
MOA of phosphodiesterase inhibitors (inamrinone, milrinone)
increase in cAMP
Drugs that have shown improvement in survival of HF
ACE inhibitors
Beta blockers
Aldosterone antagonists
a drug that inhibits the enzyme neprilysin, which is responsible for degrading ANP and BNP
sacubitril
Singh-Vaughan Williams classification of anti-arrhythmics
Class 1: sodium channel blockers
Class 2: beta adreneceptor blockers
Class 3: potassium channel blockers
Class 4: calcium channel blockers
Class 1 sodium channel blockers block which phase of AP?
Phase 0
Group 1A anti arrhythmics effect on AP
PROLONG the AP
Group 1B anti arrhythmics effect on AP
SHORTEN the AP
Group 1C anti arrhthmics effect on AP
none
Group 1A antiarrhythmics
Disopyramide, procainamide, quinidine
side effect of procainamide
lupus-like syndrome
side effect of disopyramide
marked anti-muscarinic effects
sides effect of quinidine
cinchonism, autoimmune reactions
symptoms of cinchonism
headache
dizziness
tinnitus
antidote for cinchonism and other 1A antiarrhythmics
sodium lactate
Class 1B antiarrhythmics (4)
LIDOCAINE, mexiletine, phenytoin, tocainide
Why are Class 1B best for post MI?
selectively affect ischemic or depolarized Purkinje and ventricular tissue
Drugs that can cause AGRANULOCYTOSIS mnemonics
CCCAPPIT Me
Drugs that can cause AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Clozapine Co trimoxazole Colchicine Aminopyrine Phenylbutazine PTU Indomethacin Tocainide Methimazole
MOA of Class 1C antiarrhythmics
Depress sodium current, seen in ECG as increased QRS duration
Class 1C antiarrhythmics (3)
FLECAINIDE, propafenone, encainide, moricizine
Use of Class 1C antiarrhythmics
refractory arrhythmias
Class 2 antiarrhythmics MOA
reduction in cAMP - reduction in sodium and calcium currents
Effect of class 2 antiarrhythmics
Prolonged PR interval, AV node sensitive
Act on phase 4
only beta blocker classified under class III
sotalol
MOA of class 3 antiarrhythmics
Act on phase 3
Blockade of Ik potassium channels responsible for the repolarization
Result to increase in ERP - reduced ability of heart to respond to rapid tachycardias
ECG morphology of class 3 aniarrhthymics
increased QT interval
Class 3 antiarrhythmics
dofetilide, ibutilide, AMIODARONE< dronedarone, VERNAKALANT