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Pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List 3 vinca alkaloids | vinorelbine, vinblastine & vincristine |
| Alkylating Agents are for the treatment of what disease? | Hodgkins disease, Acute lymphocytic leukemia, Ovarian CA, Multiple myeloma, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Retinoblastoma |
| How do Alkylating Agents work? | Damage DNA and impair DNA replication, cause mutations and are themselves carcinogenic, therefore toxic to CA and non-CA cells |
| What are taxanes approved for | Treatment of Breast CA |
| Name 2 Taxanes and how they work | docetaxel= Taxotere paclitaxel = Taxol They interfere with cell mitosis and affect cell division |
| Name the 5 classes of hormone therapy | SERMs-Selective Estrogen REceptor modulators Estrogen Receptor Down-regulators Aromatase Inhibitors Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Progestins are classed as hormone theraply |
| Define chemotherapy | Use of drugs to kill of slow the growth of cancerous cells |
| Administering immune system modulators to boost the body's natural defense against cancerous cells is______________ | Biological Therapy |
| Give and example of an imidazole | clotrimazole |
| brand name of ciclopirox | Loprox, Penlac, Steiprox |
| What type of seizures are benzopdiazepines used for | Diazaepam is used for Status Epilepticus Clonazepam is used for absence seizures and myoclonic seizures. Clorazepate is used for partial seizures |