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What percentage of hospitalisations involve adverse drug events?

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2.9-3.7%
4th leading cause of death
Drug poisoning = 1 in 7 deaths in UK in people in their 20s

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What are type A and type B adverse drug effects?

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A = pharmacological or toxic effect
B = idiosyncrasy and drug allergy
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What are the typical pharmacopeia in dental practice?

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Sedative
LA
Analgesic
Antibiotics

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What drugs have a low therapeutic index?

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Anticoagulant - warfarin
Aminoglycoside antibiotics - gentamicin
Anticonvulsants - phenytoin

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Give the therapeutic index of remifentanyl (opioid analgesic) and diazepam

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Remifentanyl - 33000:1

Diazepam - 100:1

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What are the types of adverse drug effects?

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Circumstances;

  • Accidental/deliberate overdose
  • Normal therapy - side effects

Site of action;

  • Localised aspirin (mouth ulcers, GI irritation)
  • Systemic - majority of rxns

Time course;

  • Acute toxicity - single intake/rapid onset - Narcotics (resp depression)
  • Sub-acute toxicity-repeated exposure - Tetracycline
  • Chronic toxicity - repeated exposure - chemical carcinogenesis
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What are the mechanisms of adverse drug effects?

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Type A (for augmented)

  • Exaggerated therapeutic responses
  • 2ndry unwanted actions
  • More predictable or anticipated effects

Type B (for Bizarre)

  • Pharmacologically unexpected, unpredictable or idiosyncratic adverse rxns
  • Immunological (allergic/anaphylactic)
  • Idiosyncratic (qualitatively abnormal adverse rxn - mechanism not yet understood)
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What are the major and minor concerns of type A reactions?

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Major

  • Resp depression
  • Cardiac toxicity (LA)

Minor

  • Diarrhoea
  • Dry mouth
  • Drowsiness
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What does a higher dose of the drug cause?

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Higher possibility of side effects

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Give examples of drug risk situations in patients? (high risk of adverse drug effects)

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Childhood
Elderly
Pregnancy
Lactation
Renal failure
Haemodialysis
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Pharmacokinetics

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Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

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How is absorption reduced? (tetracycline)

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By chelation of drugs/food/vitamins/divalent cations

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What is distribution? (tetracycline)

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Sequestration of tetracycline in bone (tissue
binding) leading to depression of bone growth in children and
irreversible staining of tooth enamel

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Who should tetracycline not be prescribed to?

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Pregnant women and children under 12

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How are drugs involved in metabolism?

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Effect drug metabolising enzymes = inhibition/induction of enzyme
Diseases may alter drug metabolism (renal/hepatic dysfunction)

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What can cause abnormal drug metabolism?

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Inherited factors of either phase I oxidation or phase II conjugation

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What is renal excretion of drugs controlled by?

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Glomerular filtration, tubular secretion and tubular reabsorption

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What factors affect renal excretion of drugs?

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Kidney function
Protein binding
Urine pH
Urine flow

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What may impaired renal function result in?

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Accumulation of drugs eliminated by the kidneys

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Features of type B reactions?

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No dose relationship
Unexpected
Mechanism uncertain
Not reproducible
Serious
Low background frequency
Pseudoallergic
Metabolic intolerance
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Give examples of type B reactions

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Anaphylaxis, hepatitis, blood dycrasias

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How do type A and B reactions differ?

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A = pharmacologically predictable, B is not
A is dose dependent, B is not
A has high incidence and morbidity, B is low
A has low mortality, B has high mortality
A = treatment = decrease dose, B = stop

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What is valproic acid?

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Antiepileptic used to control certain types of seizures

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Characteristics of drug allergy?

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Delay after initial exposure
Precipitated with small doses of drug
Does not resemble normal pharmacology
Classical symptoms of allergic response
Due to drug related factors or host related factors
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Causes of drug allergy; | Features of drug related factors?
Nature of drug Degree of exposure (dose, duration, freq, repeated administration) Route of administration Cross sensitisation (reactivity to drugs with close structural chem relationship)
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Causes of drug allergy: | Host related factors?
``` Age (20-49 = higher risk of allergic rxns) Sex (women more common) Genetic factors Diseases Previous exposure ```
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Features of anaphylaxis?
Acute response Potentially fatal Drug related = 3 per 100000, deathers 1-2 per 100000 Mechanism; Release of inflam mediators from mast cells due to tissue oedema/damage
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Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis?
- Runny nose - Light headed, loss of consciousness, confusion, headache, anxiety - Shortness of breath, wheezes, pain with swallowing, cough - Diarrhoea, vomitting - Hives, itchiness, flushing - Fast/slow HR, low BP - Swelling of lips, tongue or throat
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What causes anaphylaxis in dentistry?
Penicillin (75% of anaphylactic deaths) Aspirin LA - procaine, lidocaine
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How to treat anaphylaxis?
Adrenaline Antihistamine (clorphenamine) Steroids Bronchodilator
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Medications for Stephen/Johnson syndrome?
Anti-gout medications Pain relievers - acetaminophen, ibuprofen Naproxen sodium Antibiotic - penicillin Medications to treat seizures or mental illness = anticonvulsants Radiation therapy
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Name the drug-drug interaction mechanisms?
Pharmaceutical Pharmacodynamic Pharmacokinetic - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
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What does adrenaline in LA do?
Enhances therapeutic effect of lidocaine by slowing absorption from site of action into systemic circulation = prolonged intensity of anaesthesia, reduced bleeding and systemic toxicity
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Pharmodynamics - what does warfarin do?
Increased risk of anticoagulation | Antagonises recycling of vitamin K by depleting active vitamin K in the liver
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Pharmacokinetic: metabolism
Not for water soluble drugs (penicillins) Drugs metabolised in the liver - substrates of the cytochrome P450 enzymes Enzyme inhibitors - increase blood levels Enzyme inducers - reduce blood levels
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What does grapefruit juice do?
Doubles the conc of midazolam = risk of oversedation, airway obstruction
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List the inducers of cytochrome CYP3A
``` Carbamazepine Phenytoin Rifampicin Glucocorticoids St. John's Wort ```
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List the substrates of cytochrome CYP3A
``` Midazolam/other benzodiazepines Cyclosporine Methadone Statins HIV protease Inhibitors ```
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List the inhibitors of cytochrome CYP3A
Erythromycin Ketaconazole Grapefruit juice Omeprazole
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What does erythromycin increase the effects of? How?
Warfarin Carbamazepine Theophylline Cyclosporin By inhibition of CYP450
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How does midazolam increase the plasma concentration? How?
``` Erythromycin Ketoconazole (or other antifungal) Omeprazole Grapefruit juice By CYP3A inhibition ```
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CYP3A induction?
Induction of enzyme activity particularly cytochrome P450 | Requires synthesis of new enzymes
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What does St. John's Wort do?
Enhances metabolism of drugs, reducing their plasma levels by inducing CYP3A Oral contraceptive - risk unwanted pregnancies Immunosuppressant - risk organ rejection Can interact with midazolam, methadone
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What causes acetaldehyde dehydrogenase?
Metronidazole and alcohol = Nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, shortness of breath, headache No alcohol consumption
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What can antibiotic/antifungal agents in dental practice cause?
More prolonged duration than other treatments = increased risk of interactions - liver enzyme inhibitors
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How are lidocaine and the liver connected?
CYP3A4 substrate; Clearance limited by hepatic blood flow rather than metabolism (45 min half life) Hepatic blood flow reduced by propanolol Hepatic enzyme metabolism inhibited by cimetidine (used to treat ulcers and GERD)
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What does LA do?
Inhibit neuronal activity in brain and heart Initially CNS stimulation by depressing inhibitory pathways = tremor/convulsion Followed by CNS depression: resp depression and unconsciousness
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In LA - which LA reaches the maximum safe dose more rapidly?
More rapid with mepivacaine 3% than 2% lignocaine with adrenaline
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How does adrenaline work?
α1 vasoconstriction – skin and mucous membrane • β2 vasodilation – skeletal muscle properties add to safety Compromised pts - reduce the dose and test the dose
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Adrenaline - potentiation?
- Non selective β blockers - Tetracyclin antidepressants – inhibit uptake - Cocaine – inhibit uptake - Ritalin – ADHA (release endogenous norepinephrine) - Parkinson’s disease (COMT inhibitors reduce breakdown) - Felypressin – alternative vasoconstriction
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Benzodiazepines
``` Anxiolytic without sedation or ataxia • Temazepam/diazepam • Large margin safety – wide therapeutic index Liver CYP3A4 • Inhibition (increased plasma levels) • Calcium channel blockers /macrolide / azole antifungal/ protease inhibitors • Induction (decreased plasma levels) • Anti-TB, anti epileptic ```

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