Drug-Drug interactions Flashcards

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Definition of drug interaction

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Modification of a drugs effect by prior or concomitant administration of another drug, herb, foodstuff, drink

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What can interact with drugs?

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Drugs, Herbs, food, drink and pharmacogenetic

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What is the object drugs?

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Drug whose activity is effected

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4
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What is the precipitant?

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Agents which effects a drugs interaction

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5
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What factors modify drug action?

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Smoking, food, alcohol and herbs

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6
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What can drug interaction treat?

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Hypertension and Parkinsonism with carbidopa and levadopa

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7
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What is the risk of a patient seeing multiple doctors?

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Dangerous as the different doctors prescribe different drugs

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Name drugs involved with serious interactions

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  • Lithium
  • Digoxin
  • Warfarin
  • Theophylline
  • Cylosporin
  • Macrolides
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Importance of therapeutic drug monitoring

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Drugs involved in serious reactions have a narrow therapeutic index - therefore small change in blood levels can induce toxicity

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10
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Name foods that interact with Warfarin

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Vegetables: broccoli, brussellese sprouts, cabbage, onion, spinach

Herbals: green tea, tonic beans, woodruff

Miscellaneous: avocado, fish oils, liver, soybeans

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Name the susceptible patents

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  • Elderly
  • Young
  • Critically ill
  • Patients undergoing complicated surgical procedures
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Conditions that can make patients more susceptible

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  • Liver disease
  • Renal disease
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Epilepsy
  • Asthma
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13
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Name the mechanisms of drug interactions

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  • Pharmacodynamic

- Pharmacokinetic - ADME

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14
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What is ADME of drug pharmacokinetics

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One drug can alter a drugs:
Absorption
Distribution 
Metabolism 
Elimination
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15
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Describ pharmocodynamic drug interactions

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  • Antagonistic or additive/synergistic
  • Due to to changes in drug transport
  • Due to fluid ad electrolyte disturbances
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16
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How can a drug alter ADME?

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There is marked inter-individual variation in these process - so predict potential interaction but not able to predict who will have interaction

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Possible absorption interaction outcomes

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  • Formation of insoluble complexes
  • Altered pH
  • Altered bacterial flora
  • Altered GIT motility
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18
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Describe interaction of drugs in the GI tract and how can it be avoided?

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Result in change of absorption rate rather than the extent of absorption - this is bad if drug has short half life when high plasma levels rapidly

Delayed absorption can be avoided if 2-4hrs are left between administration

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What drugs bind in the GI tract?

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Tetracycine and erythromycin complex with Fe, Ca, Mg

Cholestyramin resin binds cholesterol and also drugs (warfarin, digoxin)

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20
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How does changes in pH affect absorption?

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Alters degree of ionisation - H2 antagonists, proton pump blockers and antacids reduce H+ and so increase the pH

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What drugs alter pH?

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H2 antagonist, proton pump blockers and antacids

They reduce H+ so increase pH

22
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Describe cause and effect of changes in GI bacterial flora

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Broad spectrum antibiotics destroy normal gut flora and lead to failure of oral contraceptive or digoxin toxicity (nausea, vomiting)

23
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What is the rate limiting step in GI motility?

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Gastric emptying

24
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What drugs delay gastric emptying?

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Anticholinergics, tricyclic anti-depressants, opiates

25
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What drugs increase gastric emptying?

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Domperidone and metoclopramide

26
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What is protein-binding displacement?

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Occurs when there is a reduction in the extent of plasma protein binding of a drug caused by the presence of another drug

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What is the effect of protein-binding displacement?

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Increases bioavailability of the displaced drug as only unbound drug is pharmacologically active

28
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Two important plasma proteins

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Albumin and alpha1-glycoprotein

29
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Problem and solution of protein-binding displacement

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1% displacement doubles the free plasma levels but patients are protected by increase in metabolism and excretion

30
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Examples of displacing drug

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Indomethacin and warfarin

31
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How do drugs alter drug metabolism

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One drug can induces or inhibits the metabolism of another - commonly occurs in the liver via the cytochrome P450 system

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What drugs inhibit the cytochrome P450 system in metabolism?

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Macrolides, cimetidine, ketoconazole, omeprazole, CCBs (diltiazem)

33
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What drug inhibits metabolism of warfarin and diazepam by the cytochrome P450 system?

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Cimetidine

34
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What drug inhibits metabolism of warfarin and alcohol by the cytochrome P450 system?

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Metronidazole

35
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What drug inhibits metabolism of warfarin and phenytoin by the cytochrome P450 system?

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Omeprazole

36
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What drugs induce cytochrome P450?

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Barbiturates, carbamazepine, phenytoin, rifapacin and tobacco smoke

37
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What does enzyme induction (i.e. cytochrome P450) depend on?

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Age, disease, genetic and concurrent drug therapies

38
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What drugs do phenytoin induce the metabolism of by cytochrome P450?

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Warfarin, steroids and OC

39
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What drugs do rifampacin induce the metabolism of by cytochrome P450?

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Warfarin, OC

40
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What drug does rifampacin increase the metabolism of by CYP 3A4?

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Ciclosporin

41
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What drug does St John’s Wort increase the metabolism of by CYP 3A4?

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Ciclosporin

42
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What are drugs excreted in?

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Urine or bile

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How do drugs effect elimination/excretion?

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  • Change GFR or tubular secretion

- Dogoxin and lithium are toxic agents eliminated by the kidney - problem could lead to their build up in blood

44
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What drugs inhibit excretion?

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CCBs - verapamil, diltiazem

45
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What drugs increase tubular reabsorption in kidneys?

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Loop diuretics and lithium

46
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When do pharmacodynamic interactions occur?

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When pharmacodynamic actions of a drug are changed due to presence of another drug either acting directly on the same receptor or indirectly on different receptors

47
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What are the types of pharmacodynamic interaction?

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Direct
Indirect
Antagonistic
Synergistic/Agonistic

48
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Describe direct antagonism of Pharmacodynamic interactions

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Beta-blockers (atenolol) block the actions of agonists i.e. bronchodilators such as salbutamol

49
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Describe synergistic interactions of pharmacodynamic interactions

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When two drugs with the same pharmacological effect acting on the same receptor are given together

50
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Name drugs with indirect agonist effect and what the effect is

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  • Warfarin (anti-coagulant) and NSAIDs (indomethacin) - bleeding becomes increased
  • Bendodiazepines (sedative) and tricyclics (anti-depressants) or alcohol - relax muscles and cause CNS depression
  • Atenolol and verapamil
51
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Drugs involved in indirect antagonistic interactions?

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NSAIDS and antihypertensive medication or with treatment for heart failure

52
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How do you deal with an interaction?

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If altering dose timing or an alternative drug does not solve the issue ADJUST drug dosage and monitor drug level (TDM) and physiological functions