reproductive drugs Flashcards
Leuprolide mechanism of action / function
GnRH analog:
- agonist when used in continuous in puslatile fashion
- antagonists properties when used in continious fashion –> downregulates GnRH receptor
Leuprolide - clinical use
- uterine fibroids (leiomyoma)
- endometriosis
- precosious puberty
- prostate cancer
- infertility
- adenomyosis
estrogens - drugs
- Ethinyl estradiol
- Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
- mestranol
estrogens drugs - mechanism of action
bind estrogen receptor
estrogen drugs - clinical use
- hypogonadism or ovarian failure
- menstrual abnormalities
- hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women
- in men with androgen-depended prostate cancer
estrogens drugs - adverse effects
- high risk of endometrial cancer
- bleeding in postmenopausal women
- clear cell adenocarcinoma in females exposed to DES in uterus
- high risk for thrombi
- contraindications in ES+ breast cancer and in DVT history
estrogens drugs - contraindications in
ES+ breast cancer and in DVT history
Aromatase inhibitors - drugs
- Anastrozole
- Letrozole
- exemestane
Aromatase inhibitors - mechanism
inhibit peripheral conversion of androgens to estrogen
Aromatase inhibitors - clinical use
ER+ breast cancer in postmenopausal women
SERM?
selective estrogen receptor modulators
SERM - drugs
- Clomiphene
- Tamoxifen
- Raloxifen
Clomiphene - mechanism of action
antagonist at estrogen receptor in hypothalamus –> prevent normal feedback inhibition and increases release of LH and FSH –> stimulates ovaluation
Clomiphene - used to treat
infertility due to anovulation (eg. PCOS)
Clomiphene - adverse effects
- hot flashes
- ovarian enlargment
- multiple simultaneous pregnancies
- visual disturbances
Tamoxifen - mechanism of action
- antagonist at estrogen receptor at breast
- agonist at bone, uterus
tamoxifen - adverse effects
high risk of thromboembolic events and enometrial cancer, hot flashes
tamoxifen - used to
treat and prevent recurrence of ER/PR + breast cancer
Raloxifene - mechanism of action
- antagonist at breast, uterus
- agonist at bone
Raloxifen - adverse effects
high risk of thromboembolic events but not increased risk of endometrial cancer risk (vs tamoxifen)
hot flashes
Raloxifen - used to
used primarily to tread osteoporosis
hormone replacement therapy - used to
relief or prevention of menopausal symptoms (eg. hot flashes, vagina atrophy), osteoporosis
hormone replacement therapy - adverse effects
- unopposed estrogen replacement therapy increases the risk of endometrial cancer, so progesterone is added
- possible increased cardiovascular risk
hormone replacement therapy - 1. unopposed estrogen replacement therapy increases the risk of endometrial cancer, so
progesterone is added
Progestins - drugs
Levonogestrel, medroxyprogesterone, etonogestrel, norethindrone, megestrol and many others when combined with estrogen
Progest drugs - mechanism
bind progesterone receptors, decrease growth and increase vascularization of endometrium, thicken cervical mucus
Progest drugs - clinical use
- contraception (forms include pill, intrauterine deivece, implant, depot injection)
- Progestin challenge: presence of withdrawal bleeding excludes anatomc defects (Asherman syndrome) and chronic anovulation without estrogen
- endometrial cancer
- adnormal uterine bleeding
Asherman syndrome?
is the formation of scar tissue in the uterine cavity. The problem most often develops after uterine surgery.
Antiprogestins - drugs
- mifepristone
2. ulipristal
Antiprogestins - mechanism
competitive inhibitors of progestins at progesterone receptor
Antiprogestins - clinical use
- Termination of pregnancy (mifepristone with misoprostol)
2. emergency contraception (ulipristal)
Combined contraception - drugs and forms
Progesins and ethinyl estradiol (forms: pill, patch, vaginal ring)