Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy Flashcards
The 5 major receptor targets of AP’s are…
Dopamine (D2)
5HT2a
Muscarinic
Alpha-1
Histaminic-1
Majority of 1st generation AP’s primarily target these receptors:
Strong D2 receptor antagonism
“dirty” - mixed receptor affinity at alpha, muscarinic, and histamine receptors
Majority of 2nd generation AP’s primarily target these receptors:
D2 receptor antagonism
5HT2A/2C antagonism
“dirty” - mixed receptor affinity at alpha, muscarinic, histamine receptors
Majority of 3rd generation AP’s primarily target these receptors:
D2 receptor partial agonism
5HT2A antagonism
5HT1A/2C partial agonism
And additional receptor effects
1st generation AP’s are associated with higher rates of this AE…
Movement adverse effects
2nd generation AP’s are associated with higher rates of this AE…
Metabolic adverse effects
3rd generation AP’s are associated with higher rates of this AE…
Akathisia
Despite grouping of AP’s, they are…
Very different from each other; receptor profiles relate to tolerability and differences in metabolic pathways are important for drug interactions
Overall efficacy of AP’s is…
EXCEPT FOR??
Similar - except for clozapine
D2 antagonism’s therapeutic effect is…
The antipsychotic effect - improvement in positive symptoms
Blocking dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway
AE’s that may result from D2 antagonism includes…
EPS
Elevated prolactin: gynecomastia, amenorrhea, impotence, osteoporosis - sexual dysfunction
Worsening of negative symptoms
Nigrostriatal and tuberoinfundibular dopamine blockade
5HT therapeutic effect is…
Some are antagonistic, and some are agonistic…
2A/2C antagonism: antipsychotic effect (theoretically improve negative symptoms via increased dopamine release in mesocortical pathway)
1A agonism: anxiolytic
AE’s that may result from 5HT receptor interaction includes…
Sedation
Hypotension
Sexual dysfunction
Alpha1/2 antagonism therapeutic effects include…
None
AE’s associated with alpha1/2 receptors include…
Alpha1 - Sedation, hypotension, dizziness, reflex tachycardia, incontinence, drooling
Alpha2 - sexual dysfunction
Muscarinic antagonism therapeutic effects include…
None - perhaps potentiation of drugs that have anticholinergic properties
AE’s that result from muscarinic antagonism include…
Anticholinergic !
Dry mouth
Blurred vision
Constipation
Urinary retention
Confusion/memory disturbance
Histamine antagonism therapeutic effects include…
None - May potentiate effect of other CNS depressant drugs
AE’s that result from histamine antagonism include…
Sedation, drowsiness
Postural hypotension
Weight gain
High potency 1st generation AP’s have higher risk of ____ but weaker ____
Higher risk of movement disorders, but weaker anticholinergic effects
Common high potency 1st generation AP’s include…
Haloperidol
Flupenthixol
Fluphenazine
Perphenazine
Low potency 1st generation AP’s have lower risk of ____ but stronger ____
Lower risk of movement disorders, but stronger anticholinergic effects (highly sedating)
Metabolic effects are stronger due to stronger anticholinergic
Common low potency 1st generation AP’s include…
Chlorpromazine
Methotrimeprazine
2nd generation AP’s have lower risk of ____ but higher risk of ____
Lower risk of movement disorders, but higher risk of metabolic AE’s
Metabolic AE’s may include…
Lipid dysfunction
Development of diabetes or HTN
Obesity
Risperidone has high affinity for the following receptors:
Dopamine, serotonin, and alpha-adrenergic receptors
Initial dosing of risperidone is…
1-2mg/day, once daily or BID
May start at 0.5mg for elderly or those with co-morbidities
Regular doses of risperidone are…
4-6mg/day
No higher; 1st generation features at over 8mg/day
Different formulations of risperidone include…
Oral solution
Oral tablets
Orally disintegrating tablets
Long acting injectable
Switching to injectable would require overlap with oral risperidone for 3 weeks
When considering 2nd generation AE’s, we can consider the AE’s related to receptors, such as…
Consider the 5 receptors and AE’s caused when affected
Alpha-blockade: Dizziness, sedation, orthostatic hypotension
Dopamine-blockade: Worsening of negative symptoms, EPS, prolactin
Muscarinic-blockade: Anticholinergic + metabolic effects
Histaminic-blockade: Anticholinergic + metabolic effects
Serotonin tries to help improve negative symptoms, but clinically has not seen much benefit - adds to sedation, hypotension, sexual dysfunction
Risperidone is unique in that it has low/no affinity for…
Low: alpha2, histamine
No affinity for muscarinic
No anticholinergic, lower rate of sedation
Aside from typical AP AE’s, unique AE’s with risperidone include…
Weight gain risk is lower vs. other 2nd gen AP’s
Increased risk of prolactin/sexual dysfunction and EPS vs. other 2nd gen AP’s
Headache, rhinitis, anxiety
QT Prolongation
NO anticholinergic, but may still be sedating from histamine action
Important drug interactions for risperidone include…
Pharmacodynamic interactions with other CNS depressants + QTc prolonging agents
3A4/2D6 interactions
Paliperidone is the primary active metabolite of…
Risperidone
Dosing forms of paliperidone includes…
Tablets
Long-acting injectable
Paliperidone AE’s and DI’s are quite similar to risperidone, but some are more pronounced than others, such as…
Less risk of orthostatic hypotension, weight gain
More risk of insomnia
Similar risk of prolactin/sexual dysfunction
Minimal risk of DI’s compared to risperidone
Olanzapine is often not initially used due to…
Metabolic AE’s - A LOT of histamine/muscarinic blockade
Initial dosing of olanzapine is usually…
5-10mg at bedtime
Usual dosing of olanzapine is…
10-20mg once daily
Dosing formulations of olanzapine includes…
Tablets
Orally disintegrating tablets
Short or long-acting injectable
Aside from typical AP AE’s, unique AE’s with olanzapine includes…
Weight gain - increased risk of T2DM and/or dyslipidemia compared to other 2nd gen AP’s
Dose-dependent risk of EPS, especially akathisia
QT Prolongation
Important DI’s with olanzapine includes…
Smoking - will lower olanzapine levels
1A2 inhibitors/inducers
Pharmacodynamic interactions with drugs of similar actions
2nd generation AP’s include the following drugs…
Risperidone, paliperidone
Olanzapine
Ziprasidone
Asenapine
Lurasidone
Clozapine
The 2 quetiapine formulations include…
XR (once daily)
IR (BID)
XR quetiapine for psychosis is dosed as follows…
1st day: 300mg HS
2nd day: 600mg HS
After day 2: up to 800mg HS
IR quetiapine for psychosis is dosed as follows…
25mg BID, increasing q4-7 days up to 400mg po BID
Lower doses of quetiapine are used for ____, because…
Insomnia, bipolar, depression, anxiety… Different doses have different affinities for different receptors
~50mg primarily histamine blockade
~300mg includes serotonin receptors
Aside from typical AP AE’s, unique AE’s with quetiapine at high doses include…
Increased risk of T2DM and dyslipidemia vs. other 2nd gen AP’s
May reduce thyroid hormone levels
QT Prolongation
Important DI’s with quetiapine include…
Pharmacodynamic interactions; CNS depressants, QTc prolonging agents
3A4 interactions
Ziprasidone is not often used due to…
The need for high food intake with it
Ziprasidone needs to be administered with ____, because…
WITH FOOD: >500 kcal to maximize absorption and therapeutic effect
Initial dosing of ziprasidone is…
40mg BID; 20mg BID for antipsychotic naive first episode psychosis patients
Ziprasidone-induced “activation” syndrome includes symptoms such as…
Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, hypomanic-like symptoms
Ziprasidone-induced activation syndrome usually develops…
After treatment initiation and occur at the lower end of the dosage range
Ziprasidone-induced activation syndrome can be avoided by…
Rapidly titrating in the first week, up to 120-160 mg/day especially in bipolar disorder or agitated/irritable patients
Aside from typical AP AE’s, unique AE’s with ziprasidone include…
Less hyperglycemia/dyslipidema risk vs. other 2nd gen AP’s
Higher risk of QT prolongation
Dyspepsia, nausea, constipation
Important DI’s with ziprasidone include…
Pharmacodynamic interactions; CNS depressants, QTc prolongation
3A4 Inducers/inhibitors
Asenapine is EDS for bipolar but is not covered for us in schizophrenia because…
Superiority vs. placebo was not clearly demonstrated, therefore is not clinically used for schizophrenia
Dosing of asenapine is…
Initial 5mg BID, up to 10mg BID
Dosing formulation of asenapine is…
Sublingual tablets
Aside from typical AP AE’s, unique AE’s with asenapine includes…
Mouth numbness x 1hr post dose
Minimal effect on weight, glucose, lipids
Headache, dizziness
QT prolongation
Important DI’s with asenapine includes…
PD with CNS depressants, QTc prolonging agents
Luraisdone is not used often for schizophrenia in clinical practice, since…
Efficacy has only been established in studies up to 6 weeks
Lurasidone has a better AE profile than most 2nd gen AP’s, since…
Little to no metabolic concerns
Still some EPS, prolactin, sedation, QTc, -typical AP AE’s, but likely less concerning
Important DI’s with lurasidone includes…
PD interactions with CNS depressants and QTc prolonging agents
3A4 inhibitors + inducers
Dosing of lurasidone is…
40mg daily, titrated up to 120-160 mg daily
Lurasidone administration is unique like zipraidone in that…
Food is needed to increase bioavailability (350 kcal)
3rd generation AP’s include these three drugs…
Aripiprazole
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine