Pharmacology 6: Diuretics

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From Dr. Bahouth's lecture


 
  
Created Nov 2, 2011
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Where can you find carbonic anhydrase inhibitors?What is their MOA?
 
Mostly proximal tubule, a little in the distal tubuleMOA: inhibits carbonic anhydrase which...
2
What is the net effect of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor?
 
Urine = more alkaline, because H+ is no longer getting put into urine and bicarb is staying...
3
What are carbonic anhydrase inhibitors clinically used for?
 
Limited use with diuretics - for liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, and renal failureCysteinuria...
4
What are three side effects to CAIs?
 
Metabolic acidosisDrowsinessHypersensitivity to thiazide diuretics
5
Where can you find osmotic diuretics?What is their MOA?
 
Throughout the nephron especially works in the loop of Henle - more H2O reaches thick ascending...
6
Are osmotic diuretics metabolized?Are they reabsorbed?Do osmotic diuretics get completely filtered?Are...
 
No.No or very little.Yes.Yes.
7
How should osmotic diuretics be given?
 
via IV in large doses
8
What are osmotic diuretics used for?
 
Acute renal failure prevention - gets the toxins outWhenever there's low GFR (like from trauma,...
9
What are the two side effects of osmotic diuretics?
 
volume overloadmay precipitate cardiac failure
10
What do osmotic diuretics do in the loop of Henle?
 
Descending and ascending loops do not absorb water or NaClTransport processes in the thick...
11
Which diuretic has the maximum loss of sodium?
 
Loop diuretics
12
Where do loop diuretics work in the nephron?What is their MOA?
 
Thick ascending limbInhibit the Na-K-2Cl symporterThe macula densa can't sense NaCl -> Prostaglandins...
13
The loop diuretics create an increased excretion of what six electrolytes?
 
Na, Cl, K, H, Ca, Mg

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