6. Antidepressants Flashcards
Clinical aspects
- ____ is a major issue.
- Second leading cause of death for ____.
- There may or may not be signs. Some people might not talk about it and they just do it.
suicide
adolescents
- 5 stages of Grief by Dr. Kubler-Ross
a. She came up with 5 stages as to what happens when you tell somebody something bad
i. Some of you might find oral cancer in patients and people will have different responses: - ____ – “no it’s not true”
- ____ – “why me”
- ____ - “well I’ll be better”
- ____
- ____
a. There are various people who accepts things as cancer survivors.
b. Talks about his experience with GI cancer (Stage 1A) he had surgery
(Tangent). He was happy with close surveillance and not depressed because he was relieved that it was found early before any metastatic disease.
c. There are different ways to handle some of these things
denial anger bargaining depression acceptance
- We have these agents
a. The ideal half life = ____ hrs (but nothing will be exact)
b. The person takes it once a day, it takes ____ half-lives to get to a steady state. c. Fluoxetine (Prozac) has a half life of ____ days.
i. This is the first SSRI. It wasn’t ideal but it had major advantages clinically.
ii. All of the other SSRIs half-lives closer to ____ hours. - Once a day dosing increases compliance.
24
4-5
2-3
24
BIOGENIC AMINE THEORIES of DEPRESSION
A. Early Theory
Depression results from depletion of central ____
Supporting evidence:
• reserpine is an antihypertensive drug
Ø mechanism: depletion of presynaptic ____ at peripheral synapses of adrenergic nerves/smooth muscle of blood vessels
Ø some pts developed ____ with the lowered BP Ø when reserpine was withdrawn, ____ ended
• drugs (e.g., amphetamine; cocaine) which inc synaptic
catecholamine levels do inc ____ (they are NOT effective antidepressants since this action is only acute); they induce ____ and potentially lethal ADRs
e.g., arrhythmias; inc BP])
Legitimate antidepressants (e.g., TCAs, MAO Inhibitors): increase in synaptic catecholamine levels occurs acutely BUT clinical effects require 1 ® 4 wks of therapy. WHY?
catecholamines
NE
depression
depression
mood
tachyphylaxis
B. Current Theory
Depressed pts have up-regulated ____ (possibly 5-HT1A & 5-HT2) and/or ____ (possibly alpha-1 & beta) receptors.
Elevated levels of synaptic ____–as produced by antidepressant drugs–eventually induce ____ of these post-synaptic 5-HT and/or adrenergic receptors.
____ weeks are required for down-regulation process.
post-synaptic 5-HT
adrenergic
biogenic amines
down-regulation
1-4
o Evidence
§ Have PET scans that serve as evidence to this previous theory.
§ Suicide victim (right scan) – when they are depressed, there is an increase ____ receptors.
• Once you increase the levels of neurotransmitters in synapse, the post-synaptic
side decreases in number and gets back to controlled level.
post-synpatic 5HT
TCA’s – tricyclic antidepressants like Amitriptyline
• Mechanisms that may be related to antidepressants is NE or 5HT – they inhibit the ____ which is the major mechanism of terminating catecholamine and 5HT activity is reuptake at the membrane and not
enzymatic (he doesn’t make sense what)
Refinement of these mechanisms and getting down to 5HT and ultimately getting to SSRIs (????!! Sorry)
uptake
Blocking uptake of NE into rat brain synaptosomes
Desipramine
• Blocking uptake of ____
• In this study, Desipramine has more potency than ____.
• Whereas, paroxetine(paxol), sertraline (Zoloft) or fluoxetine (prozac) doesn’t have much effect on blocking the Norpeinephrine.
o Don’t memorize the numbers just understand the concept.
norepinephrine
amitryptiline
Blocking uptake of SE into rat brain synaptosomes
Now going to the 5HT side. This is just looking at blocking serotonin uptake.
• The 3 ____ are greater in potency, then Amitriptyline and then Desipramine.
Once upon a time the only drugs that were there were Desipramine and AMI.
• But they found that AMI is more effective in ____ than Desipramine (clinical observation)
• AMI is roughly 5 times greater in blocking 5HT – so the theory started to involve maybe 5HT is also connected.
SSRIs
OCD
Selectivity of Antidepressants at Blocking Synaptosomal Uptake of Serotonin Over Norepinephrine
SSRIs
• ____ is 64 times greater in blocking 5HT uptake than Norepi
• Fluoxetine is less
• ____ is much more selective than Desipramine.
• “Do not memorize these drugs, just understand that:”
o Someone is on Prozac but its not working properly, but the psychiatrist may try another SSRI – bc they are not the same.
• Most selective in this group is ____ (but he says we don’t have to know)
Sertraline
AMI
Sertraline
- Histamine – Diphenhydramine
o Amitriptyline has a lot of ____ activity but this is not necessary to treat depression.
But what you want is a clean drug with no side-effects/
o This is why SSRIs replaced it.
o Paroxetine, Sertraline – don’t have much activity blocking ____ receptors
o So diphenhydramine’s histamine activity is not really needed for anti-depressant activity - Same thing for muscarinic blockers
o AMI–close to 6
o Desipramine – 10% of that
o So AMI is NOT recommended for treating ____ patients bc it blocks muscarinic, cholinergic
receptors.
§ Problem:
• In terms of brain activity, has an effect on cognition.
• Blocking Acetylcholine will interfere with cognitive function.
• Because it has ____ effect – do not recommend on geriatric patients.
• So SSRIs have less affect so it’s a good thing.
anti-histamine
histamine
geriatric
anticholinergic
- Adrenergic receptors
o Alpha -1 receptors
§ What happens when you block these receptors? = ____
• ____ – can cause fainting
• When you stand up, the blood pulls to the lower legs and the body faints
• Alpha 1 blocking activity is there with ____ and Desipramine but not so
much with the newer ones. - Dopamine
o None of them do this, we’re not talking about ____ effects.
So we use ____, because they are more effective and have less ADRs (I think adverse reactions?).
vasodilation
hypotension
amitriptyline
anti-psychotic
SSRI
THERAPEUTIC USES (General) Depression: Prominent, persistent depressed or dysphoric mood that interferes with daily functioning (> 2 weeks).
Pt will exhibit many of the following symptoms:
- ____, change in
- Fatigue, increase in
- Feelings of guilt or ____
- Loss of interest in usual activities/decreased sex drive 5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation
- ____, change in
- Slowed thinking/impaired concentration
- Suicide attempt/suicidal ideation
appetite
worthlessness
sleep
TYPES of DEPRESSION
Major Depressive Disorder
A. ____; Primary (approx. 25%) No clear identifiable cause Occurs at any ____
Possible ____ factors
B. Secondary (approx. 60%)
____ problems (MI; cancer; arthritis)
Drugs (e.g., antihypertensives)
____ (e.g., death of a child) Psychological Disorders:
Bulimia
____ Disorder
[especially responsive to SSIs & tertiary TCAs] Severe anxiety syndrome (with panic reactions)
____ (Manic-Depression) (approx 15%)
endogenous
age
genetic
physical
stress
obsessive-compulsive
bipolar
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Especially responsive to ____ & tertiary clomipramine
Pain
Best response with ____ (SSIs are under study)
Enuresis
____ more effective (prob. due to anticholinergic)
Other:
Fibromyalgia
Irritable bowel syndrome
Migraine Sleep apnea
SSIs
tertiary TCAs
teritary TCAs
