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Carbamazepine
(uses, side effects)
Na channel antagonist

Treats partial seizures (esp. complex), tonic-clonic

Induces p450 (i.e. CYP3A4)

SE: Leukopenia, diplopia, (hepatotox, coma)

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Lamotrigine
Na channel antagonist

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Oxcarbazepine
Na channel antagonist

(Similar side effects as Carbamazepine: nausea, diplopia, drowsy, but less p450 induction and toxicity)

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Phenytoin
(use, side effects)
Na channel antagonist

Widely used (partial, tonic-clonic-status, epilepticus, NOT absence)

Highly bound to albumin; if another drug given could outcompete it=raise [free phenytoin]

Induce p450 metabolism

SE: Hirsutism, neuropathy, ataxia, gingival hyperplasia

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Topiramate
Na channel antagonist

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Valproate
Na channel antagonist, Ca (T-type) channel antagonist, GABA-A agonist

Good for kids

SE: weight gain, tremor, polycystic ovaries, anovulatory cycles, encephalopathy
Zonisamide
Na channel antagonist

(Anti-epileptic, use dependent for better channel selectivity, decrease depolarizing current)
Ethosuximide
Ca channel antagonist used to treat ABSENCE (epilepsy)
Mechanisms of action for anti-epileptics (4)
Block initiation or spread of abnormal electrical discharge
1) Block Na channels
2) Block Ca channels
3) Enhance GABAergic impulses
4) Interfere w/glutamate transmission
Primary v. Secondary epilepsy
Primary: no anatomic cause; ideopathic; treated chronically w/drugs
Secondary: tumors, head injury, infection, etc. (often reversible)
Partial (Simple vs. Complex) seizures
Partial: symptoms depend on site of neuronal discharge (can spread and become generalized tonic clonic)

Simple partial: does not spread; conscious; localized abnormal muscle movements; sensory distortions

Complex partial: consciousness altered, motor dysfunction, incontinence
Generalized seizure
Begin locally and rapidly spread to both hemispheres (convulsive or not; usually lose consciousness)

(Types: 1. tonic-clonic 2. absence 3. myoclonic 4. febrile seizures 5. status epilepticus)
Tonic-clonic/grand mal (generalized)
Tonic (stiff) followed by clonic (rapid contraction/relaxation); lose consciousness
Absence/petit mal (generalized)
Self-limiting, brief loss of consciousness; staring spells; often onset 3-5 yo til puberty.
Myoclonic seizure
Short episodes of muscle contractions (rare, often result of neurological damage)
Status epilecticus
Life-threatening condition; seizures are rapidly recurrent
Phenobarbitol
(uses & side effects)
GABA-A receptor agonist (barbiturate)

Uses: NOT absence seizures (alternative for simple partial, tonic-clonic, status epilepticus)

Induce p450

SE: Sedation, cognitive decline

(↑ duration of GABAA R opening so let in more Cl-)
Valproate
Na antagonist, Ca (T-type) channel antagonist, GABA-A receptor agonist

(Best for myoclonic seizures; 2nd choice for absence)
Topiramate
GABAA receptor agonist

(GABA + GABAA Receptor → open channel → Cl- influx →hyperpolarization)
Felbamate
GABAA receptor agonist

(GABA + GABAA Receptor → open channel → Cl- influx →hyperpolarization)
Benzodiazepines
↑ frequency of GABAA R opening
Mechanism of antidepressants
Potentiate actions of norepinephrine and/or seratonin in the brain

(While these drugs can increase levels of NE/seratonin almost immediately, effects take weeks. Proposed that presynaptic inhibitory receptors densities decrease after weeks of antidepressant use. Permits greater synthesis/release of NTs.
Depression (what is believed to cause it)
Deficiency of monoamines (NE and seratonin) at certain sites of the brain that control mood/emotions
Reserpine
Was used to treat HT (it depletes monoamines like NE and seratonin in the synapses peripherally and in CNS)

SE: severe depression bc of effects in CNS (offers support to theory that depression is due to NE/seraonin deficiency in brain)
MAOI Antidepressants (mechanism and side effects)
Inhibits monoamine oxidase (MAO) so less monoamine degredation (more NE/seratonin in cleft)

SE: Orthostatic hypotension insomnia
TYRAMINE: MAO needed to break down ingested tyramine→tyramine in enters neuron terminal via Uptake1→displaces/pushes out catacholamines into synapse→Hypertensive crises: tachycardia, headache, stiff neck, arrhythmia, seizure, stroke
Isocarboxazid
MAOI (treat depression, esp. atypical)

SE: Orthostatic hypotension, HT crisis with tyramine
Phenelzine
MAOI (treat depression, esp. atypical)

SE: Orthostatic hypotension, HT crisis with tyramine
Tranylcypromine
MAOI (treat depression, esp. atypical)

SE: Orthostatic hypotension, HT crisis with tyramine
Selegiline
MAOI (treat depression, esp. atypical)

Transdermal (bypass GI so avoids tyramine diet restriciton)
Tricyclic Antidepressants (mechanism, uses, side effects)
Mech: inhibits reuptake of NE and serotonin into presynaptic nerve terminals

Use: usually for depression when SSRIs fail. Also for:
Anxiety Disorders
Bulimia Nervosa
Migraine / tension headaches
Pain Disorders
Irritable Bowel / visceral hypersensitivity.
Pruritis (doxepin)
Urticaria (hives)

SE: Muscarinic blockade:
(Blurred vision, dry mouth, urinary retention, constipation, narrow angle glaucoma

Block alpha-adrenergic receptors: orthostatic hypotension, dizziness, tachycardia

Cardiac arrhythmias (ecgs over 45)

Small therapeutic index (don’t dispense large amounts of TCAs bc can be used for suicide)
Imipramine
Tricyclic antidepressant
Doxepin
Tricyclic antidepressant
Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Doxepin
Clomipramine
Imipramine
Desipramine
Tricyclic antidepressants

Desipramine is metabolized by CYP2D6
SSRI (mechanism, uses, side effects)
Mech: block reuptake of serotonin

Depression
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Social Phobia
PTSD
Bulimia Nervosa


SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Serotonin toxicity
Mental confusion, hallucinations, headache, coma, shivering, sweating, hyperthermia, hypertension, tachycardia, nausea, diarrhea, hyperreflexia, tremor.
Citalopram
SSRI Antidepressant

SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Escitalopram
SSRI Antidepressant

SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Fluoxetine
SSRI Antidepressant

Inhibit P450 enzymes, especially 2D6 (metabolized by 2D6)

(Activating=insomnia)
SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Fluvoxamine
SSRI Antidepressant

SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance (Sedative)
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Paroxetine
SSRI Antidepressant

Inhibit P450 enzymes, especially 2D6 (metabolized by 2D6)

SE:
GI (Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
Sexual Dysfunction
“Anxiety”
Sleep Disturbance (sedative)
Headaches
(Possibly increased sucidal ideation/seratonin toxicity)
Sertraline
SSRI Antidepressant
SNRIs (mechanism, side effects)
Serotonin/Norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors

SE: Nausea
Insomnia
Headaches
High blood pressure
Sexual dysfunction
Duloxetine
SNRI

Use:
(Depression)
(Generalized Anxiety)
Diabetic neuropathy
Fibromyalgia
Venlaflaxine
SNRI

Use:
(Depression)
(Generalized Anxiety)
Panic Disorder
Social Phobia
Bupropion
Atypical antidepressant

Uses:
Depression
Smoking cessation
Not as useful for anxiety

SE: Seizure risk

Pros: less sexual disfunction, no weight gain
Mirtazapine
Atypical antidepressant

Blocks pre-synaptic alpha-2 receptor

Antihistamine properties lead to:
sedation, weight gain
Nefazodone
Atypical antidepressant

No weight gain, hepatotox (not used much)
Trazodone
Atypical antidepressant

Strong sedative (use at night for insomnia with SSRIs)

Priapism
Main side effect: MAOIs
Tyramine ingestion=stroke/death
Main side effect: Tricyclic antidepressants
Overdose=cardiac arrest
Main side effects: SSRIs
nausea, diarrhea, insomnia, sexual problems
Main side effect: SNRIs
nausea*, headache, sexual problems*

*same as SSRI
Main side effect: Bupropion
Too much=seizure
Main side effect: Mirtazapine
Sedated, weight gain
Main side effect: Trazodone
Priapism
Main side effect: Nefazodone
Hepatotox
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine
Oxcarbazepine
Phenytoin
Topiramate
Valproate
Zonisamide
Na channel blockers (anti-epileptic)
Valproate
Ethosuximide
Gabapentine
Ca channel blockers (anti-epileptic)
Benzodiazepines
Topiramate
Valproate
Felbamate
Phenobarbital (barbituate)
GABA receptor agonists (anti-epileptic)

Benzodiazepines → ↑ frequency of GABAA R opening
Barbiturates → ↑ duration of GABAA R opening (ex. Phenobarbital)
Clomipramine
Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Doxepin
Imipramine
Desipramine
Tricyclics
Selegiline
Phenelzine
Isocarboxazid
Tranylcypromine
MAOIs

Selegiline is transdermal
Sertraline
Citalopram
Fluoxetine
Fluvoxamine
Escitalopram
Paroxetine
SSRIs
Duloxetine
Venlafaxine
Desmethylvenlafaxine
SNRIs
Bupropion
Mirtazapine
Nefazodone
Trazodone
Atypical Antidepressants
Main antidepressants (4) metabolized by CYP2D6
Fluoxetine (SSRI)
Paroxetine (SSRI)
Desipramine (Tricyclic)
Nortriptyline (Tricyclic)
If inhaled anesthetic is very lipid soluble, it will...
1) be more/less potent?
2) have high/low MAC?
3) have fast/slow onset?
4) effective at high/low partial pressure in CNS?
Lipid soluable...
1) MORE potent
2) LOW MAC
3) SLOW onset
4) effective at LOW partial pressure
Malignant hyperthermia (cause and treatment)
Cause: Rare abnormality of ryanodine receptor in SR. Volatile anesthetics can cause hypermetabolic response of skeletal muscle.

Symptoms: pyrexia, increased CO2 production, rigidity, cardiovascular collapse, death.

Treatment: Dantrolene
4 components of anesthesia
analgesia - absence of pain
amnesia - absence of memory
hypnosis - absence of awareness
immobility - absence of movement
Rate of anesthetic elimination from body depends on these 2 factors
Solubility (soluble=slow elim)
Duration of anesthesia (long duration=slow elim)
Ether
Inhaled anesthetic

Pros:
Spontaneous breathing/open airway
Muscle relaxation
Circulatory stability, safe

Cons:
Explosive
Vomiting
Slow, unpleasant induction
Nitrous oxide
Inhaled anesthetic

Pros:
Rapid onset/offset
Very little toxicity

Cons:
Low potency (needs to be used w/other anesthetics)
MAC
Minimum alveolar concentration

PARTIAL PRESSURE at which 50% of patients don't move

(Low MAC=more potent)
Propofol
IV Anesthetic

Pro:
Rapid metabolism (quick offset, used as continuous infusion)

Cons:
Respiratory/cardiac depression
Pain w/IV injection
Expensive

Other:
Lipid soluble
Ketamine
IV Anesthetic

Pros:
Spontaneous breathing (good for kids/unstable patients)
IM injection (water soluble; use for uncooperative patient)

Cons:
Psychic effects

Other:
Bronchodilator
Stimulate sympathetic NS (increase BP/HR)
Thiopentol
IV Anesthetic

Pros:
Proven record
Cheap

Cons:
Prolonged effect w/repeated use
Respiratory/cardiac depression
(Triggers prophyria)
Do very lipophilic IV anesthetics have a FAST or SLOW onset/offset in the brain?

Are they cleared out of the body QUICKLY or SLOWLY?
Fast onset in the brain (opposite of lipophilic inhaled anesthetic)

Cleared slowly as stored in fat and muscles after anesthetic levels drop in brain.

(These properties have nothing to do with metabolism, just lipophilic)
Inhaled anesthetics: clinical uses
1) Induction anesthesia (children/fear of needles)
2) Maintenance anesthesia
Inhaled anesthetics: side effects
Respiratory depression (decrease pump function)
Upper airway muscles relax (obstruction)
Bronchodilator

Decrease BP (vasodilate, depress baroreceptors, depress myocardial contractility)
Some effects beneficial if have MI as they decrease O2 demand of heart

Halothane Hepatitis: rare; immune response results in fulminant hepatic necrosis

Malignant hyperthermia
Inhaled anesthetics (5)
Isoflurane
Halothane (most potent/lowest MAC)
Desflurane
Sevoflurane
Nitrous Oxide (least potent/highest MAC)
Eicosanoids
Arachadonic acid derived autocoids; inflammatory mediators

Prostaglandins (COX-1&2), leukotrienes (5-lipoxygenase)

All are lipid derived (phospholipase A2 on plasma membrane phospholipids)

(autocoid=biologically active substance with a short half-life that acts near site of synthesis)
COX-1 effects
At physiologic levels eicosanoids regulate:
platelet aggregation
maintenance of the gastric mucosa
vascular homeostasis
kidney function

DETAILS:
Vasodilation (PGI2, PGE2)
Decrease gastric acid (PGI2)
Increase gastric mucous (PGE2)
Decrease platelet aggregation (PGI2)

Increase platelet agg (TXA2)
Vasoconstriction (TXA2)

(Constitutively expressed in GI mucosa, vasculature, platelets)
COX-2 effects
Increase pain sensation (PGE2)
Fever (PGE2)

(Expression induced by inflammatory stimuli in pro-inflam cells; responsible for undesired increase in prostaglandins during inflam)
NSAIDS (5)
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs:
Salicylates (Aspirin)
Ibuprofen (Advil and Motrin)
Naproxen (Aleve)
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
COX-2 inhibitors (Vioxx and Celebrex)

(Non-selectively block COX-1&2; most adverse effects due to inhibition of COX-1)
5-Lipoxygenase main effect
Bronchoconstriction (Leukotrienes)

Can cause asthma!
What general class of molecules cause increased pain sensation, fever, and inflammation?
Excess prostanoids
NSAIDS (desired/undesired effects)
Desired (due mostly to COX-2 inhibition):
Anti-inflammatory (decrease vasc tone)
Analgesic
Antipyretic

Undesired (due mostly to COX-1 inhibition):
Decreased gastric mucous production
Decreased platelet aggregation (prolonged bleeding time)
Increased vasc tone (acute renal insufficiency/nephritis if chronic high dose)

Rash
Hepatotox (overdose acetomeniphen)
Increase risk MI/stroke with COX-2 selective inhibition (Vioxx/Celebrex)
What NSAID irreversibly inhibits COX-1&2?
Aspirin (Salicylate)

(much more selective for COX-1 so more side effects than NSAIDS like naproxen)
Aspirin adverse effects
Reyes Syndrome:
Aspirin given to child/adolescent with viral fever. Vomiting, confusion then stupor, fatty liver then coma/death.
No cure, 50% die.


Upper GI bleed:
Directly damage (weak acid)
Indirectly damage from inhibiting COX-1 (increase acid, decrease mucous)
COX-2 selective NSAIDS (pros/cons)
Pro:
Reduce the unwanted effects of COX-1 inhibition, w/o losing the desired anti-inflammatory effects of COX-2 inhibition

Cons: increase risk of adverse thrombotic cardiovascular events (stroke, MI)
Misoprostal
Synthetic Prostanoid

Use:
-Prevent NSAID induced peptic ulcers (enhance PGE=increase mucous, decrease acid)
-Maintain PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS if have transposition of great vessels
-Labor induction

Adverse effects:
Abortifacient (don't give to pregnant woman)
Diarrhea
Acetaminophen
NSAID (tylenol)

Use: fever in younger than 16 (not aspirin), pain, NOT an anti-inflammatory (only active in CNS where enzyme is present, not periphery)

Hepatotox in high doses
Indomethacin
Potent NSAID

Close Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Zileuton (Zyflo)
Leukotriene Antagonist

Prophylactic treatment of asthma (inhibit 5-lipoxygenase, decreasing leukotriene synthesis so LESS bronchoconstriction)

Some hepatotox
Montelukast (Singulair) and Zafirlukast (Accolate)
Leukotriene Antagonist

Prophylactic treatment of asthma
Seasonal allergies
(block leukotriene binding)

SE:
Some hepatotox
*Churg-Strauss syndrome (autoimmune vasculitis)*
Types of genotoxic stress (5)
1) Base modification
2) DNA crosslinks (intra/interstrand)
3) Protein crosslinks
4) Single/double strand breaks
5) Replication stress (stall DNA polymerase; can result in single strand)
DNA damage can arrest cell cycle in...
G1, S, G2 to M
Pathway for DSB repair? Path for excessive ssDNA?
DSB-->ATM (DNA repair) phosphrylates/stabilizes p53 (arrest in G1, death if can't repair)

ssDNA-->ATR (DNA repair) activates Chk1 (DNA repair, S-phase arrest, G2 arrest)

*DNA repair/processing can convert DSBs to ssDNA and vice versa*
What causes double strand breaks (DSB)?
1) Normal DNA metabolism (i.e. meiotic recombo)
2) Ionizing radiation (ssDNA breaks but close together so effectively is DSB; electrons reacts with H2O to make clouds of OH radicals)
What's ATM?
What activates it?
What's it do?
What if it's mutated?
Arrest in which part of cycle?
ATM is a protein kinase tumor suppressor

Activated by DSB in DNA

Leads to DNA repair, cell cycle arret in G1 (checkpoint), and can cause cell death if can't repair)
Phosphorylates and stabilizes *p53*
(p53 leads to G1 arrest and/or cell death)

If mutated, sensitive to DSB (not other stuff like UV). People with Atxia-Telangiectasia have mutated ATM.

G1 arrest
p53
p53 is a transcription factor that transcription factor that binds DNA and induces the transcription of specific genes that regulate DNA repair, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, etc.

Stabilized/phosphorylated by ATM

Activate p21 which...
-Inhibits Cdk4/5 and cyclin D
-Inhibits Cdk2 and cyclin E
*This makes cell stuck in G1
What results in ssDNA?
Anything that inhibits replication

*Block DNA polymerase (helicase keeps unwinding ahead)
-DNA break
-Crosslinked DNA (cisplatin)
-Block dNTP production
-Gemcitabine (incorporated into DNA)
What's ATR?
What activates it?
What's it do?
Arrest in which part of cycle?
ATR is a protein kinase tumor supressor

Activated by ssDNA

Phosphorylates and activates Chk1 (kinase). Chk1 activates stuff to block...
*Cdk2/cyclin A=arrest in S phase
*Cdk1/cyclin B=arrest in G2
Radiotherapy
(how used and what can make cells resist it)
Give many small doses (normal cells can recover faster than tumor cells)

ATM can help tumor cells recover from the double strand breaks (ATM inhibitors could enhance tumor response)
Cisplatin
Chemotherapeutic rug that creates intrastrand crosslinks. Stall DNA polymerase to create ssDNA. ssDNA activates ATR-Chk1 (arrest in S or G2).
Block dNTP production as cancer treatment
Stops DNA polymerase bc run out of dNTPs for new DNA. Results in ssDNA (activate ATR-Chk1 to stop in S or G2)
Gemcitabine
Gemcitabine is converted to gemcitabine triphosphate (Gem-TP) which is incorporated to DNA (looks like dCTP.

Stops DNA polymerase (activate ATR-Chk1)

(Chk 1 inhibition increases sensitivity of tumor cells to Gemcitabine so more will die instead of successfully repairing)

*Chk1 can help tumors survive genotoxic chemotherapy
Imatinib/Gleevec
Inhibits bcr-abl

Treats chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

(Use to treat CML with IFN + Cytarabine but gives flu like symptoms)
Bcr-abl
Abl from chr9 goes to chr22

Bcr-abl kinase activates (hydrolyzes ATP to phosphorylate) multiple survival and proliferation pathways (Ras/Raf, Stat, Myc, Akt)
Imatinib/Gleevec resistance
1) Bcr-abl copy number increases and is selected for
2) Bcr-abl active site for binding ATP or Gleevec mutated so Gleevec can't bind

Other:
Elevated P-glycoprotein (Mdr1)
Elevated expression of kinases that can phosphorylate the activation loop of Bcr/abl

Resistance can occur at several levels:
-Altered drug uptake
-Enhanced drug metabolism
-Mutations that render the target less sensitive
-Modifications in other pathways that bypass the inhibitor…

*Can increase imatinib dose but eventually will need to get new drug
Nilotinib
Bcr/abl kinase inhibitor with increased activity against Bcr/abl mutants
Adjuvant therapy
Eradication of tumor cells left behind after surgery (i.e. radiation)
6 phenotypes associated with carcinogenesis
1) Induce angiogenesis
2) Maintain telomeres during replication
3) Metastasize
4) Evade normal death signals
5) Disable normal cytostatic signaling mechanisms
6) Autonomously proliferate
Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling pathways (general)
Regulate differentiation, growth, proliferation, survival, metabolism, and cell movement
Richly populated with oncogenes and tumor suppressors
Important driver of tumorigenesis
Outline RTK signaling pathway for Ras
1) Initiate with receptor dimerization
2) Kinase activity of receptor phosphorylates other proteins
3) RTK phosphorylation at tyrosine creates docking site for SH2
4) SH2 binds Grb2/SOS complex
5) Grb2/SOS converts Ras-GDP to Ras GTP (GAP turns Ras off (GDP bound)
6) Ras activates MEK, activates ERK
7)ERK phosphorylates substrates that promote proliferation and survival


(this path and other RTK paths result in: entry into cell cycle, growth, survival)

RTK also turns on...
-STAT activated
-AKT activated
GAP
Tumor suppresor that converts Ras-GTP to inactive Ras-GDP
Ras is an oncogene when...
...it's mutated to only bind GTP (always on)

(mutated in about 50% of tumors)
B-Raf is an oncogene when
...mutated to be constitutively active (mutated in 60% of malignant tumors)
PI3-K, PTEN, AKT
(which is oncogene, which is tumor suppressor?)
PI3-K=oncogene (over expressed/active in tumors)
PTEN=tumor suppressor (turns off PI3-K and is inactivated in tumors)
AKT=oncogene (turned on by PI3 and increases proliferation)
Outline PI3-K/AKT pathway
1) PI3-K is activated by binding to phosphorylated RTK or GTP-Ras
2) PI3-K produces PIP3, a lipid second messenger
3) PIP3 activates the protein kinase AKT
4) AKT phosphorylates protein substrates that enhance survival
5) One AKT activates mTOR, which regulates the translation of mRNAs required for proliferation
Outline STAT pathway
1) STAT binds phosphrylated tyrosine of RTK
2) STAT dimerizes and goes to nucleus to activate transcription
RTK signaling allows cell to enter which phase
S (drive them past the restriction point in G1)
cyclin D
activates Cdk4 (RTK signaling induces cyclin D to enter S phase)
ERK, STAT, AKT all promote...
Cell survival (downstream in RTK signaling)
Trastuzumab (Breast)
Cetuximab (Head and Neck, Colorectal)
Bevacizumab (Colorectal, NSCLC)
Panitumumab (Colorectal)
Inhibit the RTK extracellularly (antibodies bind and inactivate the receptor to prevent proliferation)
Gefitinib (NSCLC)
Erlotinib (NSCLC,Pancreatic)
Gleevec (GIST, CML)
Sunitinib (GIST, Renal)
Dasatinib (CML)
Lapatinib (Breast)
Inhibit RTK intracellularly
Rapamycin
Sorafenib
Inhibit downstream in RTK signalling

Rapamycin inhibits parts of PI3-K path and MEK in Ras path
Sorafenib inhibits Ras