24. Pharmacology: Part II (Narcotics-Non narcotics) Flashcards
Gold standard of narcotics
Morphine
Narcotics are derived from what type of plant?
Poppy plant : Papaver somniferum
Narcotics are also known as (3Os)
Opioids
Opiates
Opium
3 receptors of narcotics
Mu
Kappa
Delta
Drugs with morphine-like properties that acts in CNS
Morphine
Opioid receptors (mu kappa delta) nakikita sa: Limbic system (emotion center)
- Narcotics = controls pain and reaction to pain
: (because inaalter ung limbic system)
Limbic system: 🔺Hippocampus - memory center 🔺Amygdala - resp for fear,anger, arousal; (almond shape) 🔺substantia nigra - dopamine production 🔺basal ganglia - voluntary motor movts
Most common side effect of narcotics
Nausea
- (Area Postrema)
Part of nervous system that controls
✅cough reflex
✅gastric motility
📌 action of narcotics???
Solitary nuclei - gag,cough reflex..
📌 Narcotics suppresses cough reflex
Narcotics that suppresses Cough reflex
“anti tussive” (Dextromethorphan)
Drug taken to inhibit gastric motility
Loperamide (Diatabs)
BQ: “gate” in gate control theory
Substantia gelatinosa of Rolando
Most accepted theory for pain;
- painful stimulus: gate opens
- non painful: gates closes
Gate control theory
BQ: What are the endogenous opioids produced by our body?
Enkephalins
Endorphins
BQ: Narcotic agents blocks pain in the “peripheral” nervous system. True/False?
False - blocks pain in CNS!
BQ: What is the combination of Diphenoxylate and Atropine
Lomotil
Induces gastric motility
Laxatives (Bisacodyl)
Therapeutic effects of Narcotics: (ASEE)
Analgesia
Euphoria
Sedation
Eliminates cough
BQ: what kind of drug is Guaifenesin?
Expectorant
Most common side effect of narcotics
Nausea
BQ: drug that puts patient in “trans like state”
Ketamine
Adverse effect of narcotics which is opposite of euphoria
Dysphoria
Most serious side effect of narcotics
Respiratory depression
BQ: Morphine Triad (due to overdose)
Miosis (pupillary constriction:pinpoint)
Respiratory depression
Coma
BQ: What are the components of Neuroleptic analgesia? (Anesthetic technique that puts px in stage 1 anesthesia)
- neuroleptic agents/antipsychotics
- Butyrophenones : (induces hallucinations) - Narcotics
- Nitrous oxide (optional)