| Question | Answer |
| Zidovudine | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Can be used in pregnancy-given to mom then kid for 3 weeks
Not compatible with stavudine |
| Didanosine | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Peripheral Neuropathy, pancreatitis |
| Lamivudine | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Treats Hepatitis B
=Hep B flare when withdrawn |
| Abacavir | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Sever hypersensitivity reactions |
| Emtricitabine | Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Lamivudine Analog
Treats Hepatitis B
Cause Hyperpigmentation of Palms/Soles
Best tolerated |
| Tenofovir | Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase
phosphorylated to nucleoside
Treats Hep B
No p450 action |
| Nevirapine | Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Can Cause Rash |
| Evfavirenz | Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
P450 Metabolism
Neural tube defects
Long half life |
| Ritonavir | Protease Inhibitors
P450 |
| Indinavir | Protease Inhibitors
P450
Nephrolithiasis, skin issues |
| Nelfinavir | Protease Inhibitors
P450
most common used |
| Atazanavir | Protease Inhibitors
P450
abnormal fat distribution |
| Albendazole | Antihelminthic
Inhibits Microtubule Glucose Transport
1st line all the time |
| Pyrantel | Antihelminthic
Activates cholinergics, depolarizing neuromuscular blockade.
OTC |
| Praziquantel | Antihelminthic-Cestodes
Causes Spastic contraction then paralysis due to calcium influx
disloges jaw in cestodes.
Give Mg 15-30g 2 hrs post treatment |
| Metronidazole | Antiprotozoal
Symptomatic, Not for use as a contact or luminal Amebicide
Inhibits DNA synthesis |
| Iodoquinol | Antiprotozoal
Not absorbed, used for luminal
Combined with metronidazole
Unknown MOA |
| Paromomycin | Antiprotozoal
Aminoglycoside, inhibits protein synthesis binds 30s ribosome
Cryptosporidiosis treatment in AIDS patients |
| Niazoxanide | Antiprotozoal
Hydrolyzed to active metabolite.
Interferes with anaerobic respiration
Treats diarrhea from cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia |
| Chloroquine | Antimalarial
Interferes with feeding mechanism
GI upset, retinopathy, allergic reactions.
once/week dose for prophylaxis
high dose, hydroxychloriquine for rheumatoid/lupus |
| Quinine/Quinidine | Antimalarial
treats chloroquine resistant.
interferes with feeding, more toxic not for proph |
| Mefloquine | Antimalarial
treats resistant
Psychotic/Epileptic effects |
| Artemisinin/Artemether | Antimalarial
Primary for resistan falciparum.
Generates free radicals |
| Primaquine | Antimalarial
Treats tissue infections
Used for follow up therapy |
| Pyrimethamine | Antimalarial
Anti folate
Skin Rashes and Bone marrow suppression |
| Proguanil | Antimalarial
Antifolate
treatment and prophylaxis, not in US |
| Pyrimethamine + Sulfadioxone | Antimalarial
PABA blockade and antifolate |
| Atovaquone + proguanil | Antimalarial
Antifolate + inhibition of electron transport |
| Doxycycline | Antimalarial
Phototoxicity, discoloration of teeth in children
Not for children and pregnant women |
| Dexamethasone | given during neurocysticercosis treatment |