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1
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Role of pharmacotherapy in treatment with Peramivir

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Only for critically ill or immunocompromised

  • NA inhibitor for Influenza A and B
2
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Amantadine (Symmetrel) Route of administration

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Orally with accumulation in lungs

-Rimantadine is also

3
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Rimantadine (Flumadine) Route of administration

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Orally with accumulation in lungs

  • Amantadine is also
4
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MOA: describe different Kinases involved in TPing for acyclovir, ribavirin, and ganciclovir

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Acyclovir - TP via viral thymidine kinase

Ribavirin - TP via cellular kinase

Gancyclovir - TP by viral UL97

5
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Oral Acyclovir role of pharmacotherapy in treatment:

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Oral ↓ symptom duration during primary and
recurrent genital herpes (NOT time to healing).
Need higher doses for varicella or shingles,
but decreases duration.

6
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Topical Acyclovir role of pharmacotherapy in treatment:

A

Topical less effective. Good for 2ndary prevention.

7
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Penciclovir (Denavir)

role of pharmacotherapy in treatment:

A

Rx HSV and VZV

  • famciclovir is as well
8
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Mechanism of action

Ribavirin

A

Converted to ribavirin-TP by cellular kinases.

1) Inhibits 5’ capping of viral mRNA, ↓stability and translatability
2) ↑viral suicide

9
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Adverse Drug Reactions

Ribavirin

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Hemolytic anemia. When given with interferon, causes cough, rash and pruritus.

10
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role of pharmacotherapy in treatment:

Ribavirin copegus

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RSV infxn in bone marrow transplant and other immunocompromised, Rx for Hepatitis C when combined with interferon-α2a

11
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role of pharmacotherapy in treatment:

Ribavirin Virazole

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Rx for RSV and pneumonia in severe RSV and immunocompromised

12
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ROA of Valganciclovir and cidofovir

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IV for both

to treat CMV

13
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Adverse drug rxns of cidofovir

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Nephrotoxicity

14
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Role of pharmacotherapy in treatment

Cidofovir

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good for CMV infxns if resistant to ganciclovir/foscarnet, or HSV if resistant to acyclovir

15
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IV ganciclovir role of pharmacotherapy in treatment

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Rx of chronic CMV retinitis in immunocompromised patients. Control CMV in transplant patients.

16
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Topical ganciclovir role of pharmacotherapy in treatment

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Topical treats HSV keratitis.

17
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Oral ganciclovir role of pharmacotherapy in treatment

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Oral has some benefit for HBV

18
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MOA of foscarnet

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Does not require cellular activation. Non-competitively binds RNA and DNA pol to inhibit cleavage of pyrophosphate. Block viral replication

19
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ROA of foscarnet

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IV

to treat CMV

20
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Adverse Drug Reactions

of foscarnet

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Nephrotoxicity (renal impairment) and

Electrolyte imbalance (hypocalcemia).

Some CNS abnormalities, rash, fever, nausea

21
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Adverse drug rxns of ganciclovir

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bone marrow despression/ myelosuppression