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Colchicine is only given in acute gout flares if….
It is within 36 hours of sx onset & NSAIDs are contraindicated
Colchicine MOA
Antiinflammatory: prevent activation, degranulation, migration of neutrophils
How do we approach prescribing colchicine for pt. w/ renal or hepatic impairment on a P-gp or CYP3A4 inhibitor?
Do not give it
How do we approach prescribing colchicine for pt. w/o renal or hepatic impairment on a P-gp or CYP3A4 inhibitor?
Decrease the dose
Colchicine ADRs
- Diarrhea
- BM suppression
- Myopathy & rhabdo (do not combine w/ statins or fibrates)
Examples of CYP34A and P-gp inhibitors to avoid with colchicine:
CYP34A inhibitor: clarithromycin
P-gp inhibitor: cyclosporine
Clinical indication for allopurinol
- Gout prevention
- Urate urolithaisis
- Tumor lysis syndrome
Allopurinol ADRs
- Paradoxical gout flare
- BM suppression
- Drug fever & rash
- AHS/DRESS (fever, hepatitis, eosinophilia, AKI, red rash)
Who gets AHS/DRESS?
CKD pt. w/ HLA-B*5801
Febuxostat ADRs
- Paradoxical gout flares
- Cardiac issues
- LFT abnl
Probenecid MOA
Inhibit urate-anion exchanger in the proximal tubule (“urate diuretic”)
What is required physiologically for the use of probenecid?
- CrCl >50
- Normal urate UA
In addition to increasing the excretion of urate, probenecid increases the excretion of…
What does this mean clinically?
Ca+
Avoid drug in stone formers
Probenecid ADRs
- Acute gout attack
- Uric acid stones
- Rash
- N/V/D
Probenecid alters anion exchange in the kidney, so there are many possible interactions.
One example: it decreases the clearance of….
MTX
Pegloticase MOA
Converts urate into ALLANTOIN = water soluble metabolite that is easily excreted
Clinical indication for pegloticase
- Chronic severe gout
- Max dose of XO inhibitor
Severe gout attack is an ADR of pegloticase. How do we avoid this happening that is different from any other drug?
On board NSAIDs >1wk before initiating pegloticase therapy
Pegloticase ADRs
- Gout flare
- Ab to pegloticase
- Infusion rxns
- Anaphylaxis
ABX that inhibit 30S ribosome
AG, TTC
ABX that inhibit 50S ribosome
Macrolides, oxazolidinones, pseudomutilins, lincosamide
TTC ADRs
- Nausea
- Photosensitivity
- Hyperpigmentation (mino)
Hepatic excretion
Macrolides, lincosamide, lefumalin
Split excretion
TTC (including synthetics), oxazolidinone, FQs, metronidazole
Renal excretion
- AGs
- TMP-SMX
Bacteriostatic drugs
- TTC
- Macrolides
- Oxazolidinones
- Pseudomutilins
- Lincosamide
- TMP-SMX
Bacteriocidal drugs
- Fidoxamicin against CDI
- FQs
- AGs
- Metronidazole
Drugs that INCREASE INR
TTC, macrolides, FQs
2nd gen synthetic TTC
Omadacycline, ervacycline
What are macrolides actually used for (6)
- B-lactam allergy (last resort)
- Atypical CAP (<8 yo)
- Enteritis (campy, shigella, cholera)
- H. pylori
- Pertussis
- NGU
Fidoxamicin MOA
Inhibits RNA polymerase
Fidoxamicin ADRs
- BM suppression
- N/D
- Abd pain
- GI bleed
Clindamycin clinical indication
REPLACES B-LACTAM IF ALLERGY:
- SSTI
- Strep pharyngitis
- Abd infectios/abscesses
Clindamycin microbial coverage
- Anaerobes
- S. aureus
- S. pyo
- Viridans strep
AGs clinical indication
- Severe infections
- Endocarditis (w/ cell-wall agents)
AG microbial coverage
Narrow spectrum aerobic GNB
AG ADRs
- Ototoxicity
- Nephrotoxicity
What ABX are CYP34A substrates?
- Macrolides
- Lefumalin
What ABX are CYP34A inhibitors?
Macrolides
Concentration dependent drugs?
AGs, FQs
Time-dependent drugs
FQs
Pleuromutilins clinical indication
CAP
Pleuromutilins microbial coverage
- Atypical & typical CAP organisms
- STI organisms (gono, chlamydia, M. gen)
Pleuromutilin ADRs
- N/D
- QT prolongation
FQ clinical indications
C/L/M: upper & lower UTI, enteric infections/traveler’s diarrhea
L/M: URI, LRTI
D: SSTI
FQ ADRs
- Arthropathy
- Tendinopathy
- Nephrotixic/liver failure
- Dysglycemia
- QT prolongation
- Photosensitvity
- AIN
- Anaphylaxis
- CNS toxicity
Nitroimidazole MOA
Loss of helical DNA structure and strand breakage
Nitroimidazole clinical indication
- BV
- Giardia, trick
- CDI
- Intraabd abscess
Nitroimidazole ADRs
- Neurotox
- Fetotoxoc
- Metallic taste
- Disulfram-like rxn
TMP-SMX microbial coverage
- P. jiroveci
- MRSA
- E. coli, proteus, klebsiella
Nitrofurantoin MOA
Inhibits enzyme systems (acetyl CoA) which interferes w/ metabolism & cell wall synthesis
Nitrofurantoin is contraindicated in pts. w/….
CrCl <60 (<30 may be accepted)
Nitrofurantoin ADR
Pulmonary toxicity/fibrosis
Fosfomycin MOA
Inhibits pyuvyl transferse -> affects cell wall synthesis
Fosfomycin microbial coverage
- E. coli
- GNB
- Staph
(MDR EBSL CRE & VRE/MRSA, +/- pseudomonas)
Chloramphenicol microbial coverage
- H. flu
- S. pneumo
- N. meningitidis
- Anaerobes
Rifampin non-Tb clinical indication
Meningococal meningitis prophylaxis
Isoniazid MOA
Inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
What genetic alteration can occur in pts. on isoniazid
Acetylation (slow -> peripheral neuropathy)
Ethambutol MOA
Inhibits cell wall synthesis
Ethambutol is a…..
Metal chelator
AZA non-transplant clinical indications
- Active RA
- Corticosteroid dependent IBD
- Hard to treat rheum dz (psoriasis, reactive arthritis, lupus, etc)
AZA ADRs
- N/V
- Myelosuppression (bacterial inf >)
- Hepatitis
- Pancreatitis
Mycophenolate non-transplant clinical indications
- Lupus nephritis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis
- GVHD
BBW of mycophenolate
Miscarriage & birth defects (cleft palate, ear deformity)
Caution using what with mycophenolate?
Fe, antacids, cholestyramine
Cyclosporine non-transplant clinical indications
- Severe refractory RA, psoriatic arthirits, IBD
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)
Tacrolimus non-transplant clinical indications
- Refractory UC
- Atopic dermatitis
ADR I always forget of prednisone
Myopathy
Antacid MOA
- Increase gastric pH (neutralize)
- Inhibits proteolytic activity of pepsin
Al(OH)3 ADRs
- Constipation
- Aluminum toxicity (encephalopathy, coma, seizure in CKD pt.)
CaCO3 ADRs
- Constipation
- Milk alkali syndrome (HA, nausea, irritability, weakness, hypercalcemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypophos in CKD pt. OR on large, prolonged doses)
Sucralfate clinical indiactions
- GERD/PUD
- NSAID induced ulcers
- SUP (not anymore w/ H2RA)
- Stomatitis/mucositis in chemo pt.
How often is sucralfate dosed?
QID
H2RA Class ADRs
- Acid rebound
- Confusion in cognitive impaired/demented elderly pt.
Cimetidine ADRs
- Agranulocytosis
- Drug fever
- Anti-androgen (ED/gynecomastia)