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Drug used for African sleeping sickness
Suramin
Drug used in Chagas disease
Nifurtimox
Cephalosporins NOT able to cross BBB
Cefixime
Cephalosporins able to cross the BBB
Cefuroxime (2nd) generation, Ceftriaxone, and Ceftazidime
Drug used for N. gonorrhea in females
Ceftriaxone
Cephalosporin causes kernicterus in neonates
Ceftriaxone or cefuroxime
SE of INH (2)
Peripheral neuritis and hepatitis
Aminoglycoside that is least ototoxic
Streptomycin
Drug used in exoerythrocytic cycle of malaria
Primaquine
Oral antibiotic of choice for moderate inflammatory acne
Minocycline
Drug of choice for leprosy (3)
Dapsone, rifampin and clofazimine combination
DOC for herpes and its MOA
Acyclovir; incorporated into viral DNA and chain termination
Anti-microbials that cause hemolysis in G6PD-deficient patients
Sulfonamides
MOA of erythromycin
Inhibition of protein synthesis at the 50s subunit of ribosome
Anti-biotic frequently used for chronic UTI prophylaxis
sulfamethoxazole/ trimethoprim
Lactam that can be used in PCN allergic patients
Aztreonam
SE of imipenem
Seizures
Anti-viral with a dose limiting toxicity of pancreatitis
Didanosine
Sedative Hypnotics
Common side effect of hypnotic agents
Sedation
Occurs when sedative hypnotics are used chronically or at high doses
Tolerance
The most common type of drug interaction of sedative hypnotics with other depressant medications
Additive CNS depression
Benzodiazepines used to promote sleep (3)
Temazpam, triazolam, flurazepam
Benzodiazepine used for anxiety
alprazolam (Ativan)
Non-benzodiazepine used as an anxiolytic
buspirone (Buspar)
Non-benzodiazepine used for sleep
Zolpidem
Major effect of benzodiazepines on sleep at high doses
REM is decreased
Neurologic SE of benzodiazepines
Anterograde amnesia
Reason benzos are used cautiously in pregnancy
Ability to cross the placenta
Main route of metabolism for benzodiazepines
Hepatic
Benzodiazepines that undergo extrahepatic conjugation (which are useful in older or hepatically impaired) (3)
Lorazepam, oxazepam, and temazepam

LOT
MOA for benzodiazepines
increase the FREQUENCY of GABA-mediated chloride ion channel opening
Antidote to benzodiazepine overdose (antagonist that reverses the CNS effects)
Flumazenil
Benzodiazepine with useful relaxant effects in skeletal muscle spasticity of central origin
Diazepam
Benzodiazepine that has efficacy against absence seizures and in anxiety states, such as agoraphobia
Clonazepam
Benzodiazepines that are the most effective in the treatment of panic disorder
Alprazolam and Clonazepam
Benzodiazepine that is used for anesthesia
Midazolam
DOC for status epilepticus
diazepam (Valium)
Longer acting benzodiazepines used in the management of withdrawal states of alcohol and other drugs
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) and Diazepam (Valium)
Benzodiazepines having active metabolites, long half lives, and a high incidence of adverse effects (4)
diazepam (Valium), Flurazepam, chlordiazepoxide (Librium), and clorazepate
Barbiturates
Barbiturates may precipitate this hematologic condition
Acute intermittent porphyria
Barbiturates decrease the effectiveness of many other drugs via this pharmacokinetics property
Liver enzyme INDUCTION
Barbiturates MOA
Increase the DURATION of GABA-mediated chloride ion channels
Barbiturate used for the induction of anesthesia
Thiopental
Others
Site of action for zaleplon and zolpidem
Benzodiazepine receptor BZ1 (although do not have a benzodiazepine ring structure)
Good hypnotic activity with less CNS SE than most benzodiazepines (2)
zolpidem (Ambien), zaleplon (Sonata)
Agent that is a partial agonist for the 5-HT1A receptor
Buspirone
Drug of choice for generalized anxiety disorder, NOT effective in acute anxiety
Buspirone