pharmacology 3.2A sulfonamides, trimethoprim, quinolones Flashcards

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Sulfacytine
Sulfisoxazole
Sulfamethizole

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Sulfonamide
Oral, absorbable
Short-acting

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Sulfonamide

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Inhibits dihydropteroate synthetase
Inhibits folic acid synthesis

Inhibits both by competing with PABA

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Sulfadiazine
Sulfamethoxazole
Sulfapyridine

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Sulfonamide
Oral, absorbable
Intermediate-acting

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Sulfadoxine

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Sulfonamide
Oral, absorbable
Long-acting

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Sulfasalazine

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Sulfonamide

Oral, non-absorbable

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Sodium sulfacetamide
Mafenide acetate
Silver sulfadiazine

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Sulfonamide

Topical

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Mafenide acetate

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Sulfonamide
Topical
High toxicity (silver sulfadiazine is preferred)

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Sulfonamide

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Contraindicated in:
G6PD deficiency (hemoglobinemia)
Near term pregnancy -> Kernicterus (high bilirubin I)
Oral anti-coagulants

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Trimethoprim

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Inhibits tetrahydrofolate synthesis
By acting on the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase
For lower forms of organisms
Intermediate-acting (11hours)

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Pyrimethamine

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Inhibits tetrahydrofolate synthesis
By acting on dihydrofolate reductase
For higher forms of organisms (protozoans, parasites)
Long-acting

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Sequential synergistic blockade

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Blockade that causes decreased emergence of resistance due to synergistic activity of combined drugs

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1:5

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T:S

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1:20

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T:S peak

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Trimethoprim and Pyrimethamine ADRs

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ADR:
Megaloblastic anemia
Leucopenia
Granulocytopenia

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Cotrimoxazole (Bactrim)

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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

P. jiroveci causes pneumocystis in HIV/AIDS patients

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Sulfadiazine+pyrimethamine+folinic acid

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Protozoan toxoplasmosis

Backup Tx for leishmaniasis

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Sulfadoxine+pyrimethamine (fansidar)

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Malaria prophylaxis

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Sulfasalazine

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Ulcerative colitis
Oral non-absorbable enteritis
Inflammatory bowel disease

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Mafenide acetate

Silver sulfadiazine

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Burn wounds

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Fluoroquinolones

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DNA Gyrase inhibitors

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Sulfacytine, sulfisoxazole, sulfamethizole
Sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine
Sulfadoxine
Sulfasalazine
Sodium sulfacetamide, mafenide acetate, silver sulfadiazine

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Sulfonamides

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Nalidixic acid
Norfloxacin
Ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, lomefloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin, pefloxacin
Moxifloxacine, gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin
Fleroxacin
Sparfloxacin
Trovafloxacin

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DNA Gyrase inhibitors/Fluoroquinolones

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Norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin

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Fluoroquinolones

Half life of 3hrs

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Pefloxacin and fleroxacin

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Fluoroquinolones

Half life of 10hrs

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Sparfloxacin
Levofloxacin
Moxifloxacin
Trovafloxacin

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Fluoroquinolone

Long half life

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Trovifloxacin and moxifloxacin

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Fluoroquinolone

Hepatic excretion

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Sparfloxacin

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Fluoroquinolones

Excreted 50% renal 50% fecal

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Nalidixic acid

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First generation quinolone

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Norfloxacin

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Second generation quinolone

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Ciprofloxacin
Enoxacin
Lomefloxacin
Levofloxacin
Ofloxacin
Pefloxacin
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Third generation quinolone

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Moxifloxacin
Gatifloxacin
Gemifloxacin

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Fourth generation quinolone

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UTI

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Fluoroquinolones are effective against this kind of infection

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Norfloxacin

Does not achieve adequate systemic circulation

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Quinolones are effective against soft tissue, bone, jount, intra-abdominal and respiratory tract infections except

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Ciprofloxacin

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DOC for prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax, meningococcemia

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Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin

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Quinolone effective for gonococcal infection, disseminated disease, chlamydial infection (longer)
No longer recommended in the US because of high resistance

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Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin

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Adjunct treatment for tuberculosis and atypical mycobacteria

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Levofloxacin
Gatifloxacin
Gemifloxacin
Moxifloxacin

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Respiratory quinolones
Against gram positive and atypical pneumonia
Against CAP

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Trovafloxacin and Moxifloxacin

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Not effective against UTI because excreted via hepatic route

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Lomefloxacin and pefloxacin

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ADR: photosensitivity

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Gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, gemofloxacin, moxifloxacin

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QTc prolongation - Torsades de Pointes

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Gatifloxacin

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Pulled out from US market due to association with hypo/hyperglycemia

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Metronidazole

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Needs reductive metabolism of drug for activation of bactericidal effects

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Metronidazole

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DOC for Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis

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Metronidazole

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DOC for anaerobes: Bacteroides fragilis, Clostridium difficile, Gonorrhea vaginalis, Helicobacter pylori ulcers

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Metronidazole

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ADR: metallic taste, brown-black urine, neurotoxicity (vertigo, peripheral neuropathy), disulfiram-like interaction with ethanol

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Nitromidazole

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Antiprotozoal drug

Antibacterial property against anaerobes

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Nitromidazole

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Antiprotozoal

Potent anti bacterial against anaerobes

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MCAT

Amoxicillin, clarithromycin, tetracycline, metronidazole

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Antibiotics for H. pylori GI ulcers