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Anti-TB Drugs

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Four drugs ?   *RIPE....* Rifampin -Isoniazid -Pyrazinamide -Ethambutol  
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Give for initial tmt ?   * All 4 and can discontinue Ethambutol after 2mths if no resistance is found  
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For continued tmt ?   * R and I for 4 more months  
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If INH resistant ?   * RIF + PZA + ETB (6 months)  
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If RIF resistant ?   * INH + ETB + FQ + PZA (2 months) ..... *INH + ETB + FQ (10-16 months)  
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Drug resistance ?   * even if there is 1 resistant bacteria cell and you kill off all the others , that one can reactivate an entire TB infection... reason why drug combos are used  
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Rifampin use ?   * can be used alone in latent/asymptomatic patients ..... * Not to be used alone in active TB infections  
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Rifampin Spectrum ?   * broad spectrum ABx that targets RNA Polymerase.... *can be used for Neisseria and in both G+/G-  
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Rifampins 3R side effects ?   * Revs up CYP450s, so excretes other drugs faster.... * RED/Orange urine... *RNA Polymerase inhibitor  
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Same MOA as Rifampin and you give to HIV patients ?   * Rifabutin... lower CYP450 increase, but super $$$  
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Isoniazid use ?   * DOC for Asymptomatic/Latent TB... if can't use, then use Rifampin.... * Always combo with active TB  
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Isoniazid MOA ?   * Inhibits synthesis of mycolic acids used to make the cell wall....Bactericidal  
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Isoniazid pharmokinetics ?   * Removed by the liver (acetylation), so fast acetylators can remove it faster or slow can have higher side effects bc of slower removal  
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Isoniazid Side Effects ?   * Peripheral neuropathy and CNS toxicity in pts that are alcoholics, diabetics, pregnant women, so supplement with B6..... * most common/most fatal is drug induced hepatitis as age increases bc drug lvls rise in declining liver fct  
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Pyrazinamide MOA ?   * Bactericidal, moa really unknown  
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Pyrazinamide Side Effects ?   * hepatotoxicity and hyperuricemia (watch out in gout ppl)  
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RIP to the Liver ?   * R I and P all cause liver hepatotoxicty  
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Ethambutol use ?   * The only bacteriostatic drug..... * helps if resistance and discontinued if no resistance  
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Ethambutol side effects ?   * Optic Neuritis (E for eye)lose some vision and red/green colors.... * Hyperuricemia (in P and E)  
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Streptomycin use ?   * used in only severe TB cases ..... * is an aminoglycoside that is a protein synthesis inhibitor (Bactericidal)  
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Streptomycin Side Effects ?   * vertigo & hearing loss (can be permanent is left).... * Nephrotoxicity  
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