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Lecture 12 & 13: Opioid addiction: Case Study & Chemistry Flashcards

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What is the definition of an opioid addiction?

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  • A cluster of physiological, behavioural and cognitive phenomena, when use of an opioid has higher priority than other behaviours
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What is the difference between opioid and opiate?

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  • Opioid: Umbrella term. Either natural or man made. Binds to opioid receptors in the brain. Can be agonist, partial agonist or antagonist
  • Opiate: Naturally ocurring derived from natural source only (morphine, codeine, heroin)
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How many days limited use should OTC opioids have?

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  • Codeine should be limited to no more than 3 day use
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What are some patient risk factors with prescription opioids that can indicate opioid dependence?

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  • Depression, anxiety
  • Previous history of alcohol/ substance misuse
  • Previous history of opioid misuse
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What are some drug risk factors with prescription opioids that can indicate opioid dependence?

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  • High doses
  • Multiple opioids
  • Multiple formulations of opioids
  • More potenjt opioids
  • Concurrent benzodiazepines
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What are 5 practical steps to reduce high dose opioids?

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  • Education
  • Engagement: Give patient choice
  • Effective weaning plan: need agreement
  • Emotional impact: Manage anxiety and depression (offer antidepressant if nec/ signpost)
  • Expectations: Is difficult and may need support
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What are the potencies of codeine, dihydrocodeine, oxycodone and tramadol comapred to morphine?

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  • Codeine: 100mg of codeine = 10mg of morphine (0.1)
  • Dihydrocodeine = 0.1
  • Oxycodone = 6.6mg = 10 mg of Morp (1.5)
  • Tramadol = 0.1
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What are some other risk factors for opioid dependence?

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  • Long term prescribing for non camcer conditions
  • Emotional trauma, reports of concern
  • Refusal for other treatment, not attend appointments
  • Repeated seeking of med
  • Taking doses more than prescribed. Alcohol misuse
  • Appearing sedated
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What are some tapering or withdrawal tips?

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  • Consider other non-pharmacological options for pain management
  • Encourage and prepare
  • Incremental taper of existing drug
  • Consider conversion to methadone or buprenorphine
  • Consider drug/alcohol services
  • Dose of drug can be tapered 10% weekly or 2 weeks
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What are some opioid withdrawal signs?

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  • Shivers
  • Diarrhoea
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Sweating
  • Widespread or increased pain
  • Body aches
  • Irritability
  • N & V
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What should happen when the patient is on opioid substitution therapy and they have acute pain?

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  • Ongoing reassurance
  • OST doesnt provide analgesia, only manages withdrawal
  • Opioids for analgesia need to be prescribed in addition to maintenance regimen
  • Likely to tolerate effects so larger doses are required
  • Should be prescribed more on top - careful of CNS depression
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What should happen if the patient is on methadone and have acute pain?

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  • Split the dose and adminster 2 or 3 times daily
  • Titrate additional analgesia to effect
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What should happen if the patient is on buprenorphine (administered sublingually) and have acute pain?

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  • Split the dose and administer 2 or 3 times daily
  • Titrate additional analgesia or discontinue and provide alternative analgesia or change to methadone
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Which opioid is compared to in opioid tolerance?

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  • Morphine
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How does supervised methandone work in practice?

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  • Only methadone mixture should be used
  • Observe patient
  • Be aware of avoidance tactics
  • Offer water
  • Designated area for supervision
  • Identity confirmed
  • Usually 3 months minimum
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What are the risks of long term opioid use?

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  • Serious bodily harm, overdose or death
  • Hormone changes (infertility)
  • Drowsiness
  • Increased risk of physical dependence
  • Decreased immune function
  • Poor muscle tone
  • Increased risk of falls
  • Depression & anxiety
  • Dry mouth
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What are the features of the blood brain barrier?

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BBB is a specialized structure that protects the brain and allows essential nutrients to pass.
* Endothelial Cell Tight Junctions: Line the brain’s blood vessels are tightly packed, preventing substances from passing.
* Selective Permeability: Only certain molecules to cross, such as glucose and amino acids, while blocking others (toxins and pathogens).
* Transport Mechanisms: Specific transporters for essential nutrients (e.g., glucose transporter) and efflux pumps (e.g., P-glycoprotein) to remove potentially harmful substances.
* Astrocytic End-Feet: Have extensions that envelop the blood vessels, providing support and signaling.
* Basement Membrane: Extracellular matrix layer provides structural support and permeability.

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What are the main mechanisms for BBB penetration?

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  • **Passive Diffusion: **Small, lipophilic molecules (gases) can diffuse across.
    * Facilitated Diffusion: Some larger or polar molecules, like glucose and AA, use specific transporter proteins
  • Active Transport: Sodium-glucose transporter actively transports glucose into the brain.
  • Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis: Specific molecules can bind to receptors on the surface of endothelial cells, triggers endocytosis. insulin and certain growth factors
    * Paracellular Transport: Inflammation, the tight junctions between endothelial cells can become more permeable, allowing some substances to pass through.
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What are the molecular attributes for CNS penetration?

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  • Higher Log P: lipophilicity
  • Fewer H-bond donors
  • Fewer rotatable bonds (more rigid)
  • Most CNS drugs contain an amine
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What are some analogues to morphine?

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  • Oxycodone
  • Dihydrocodeine
  • Diamorphine
  • Hydrocodone
  • Codeine
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What is in the structure of morphine and what are their main effects on opioid receptors?

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  • 5 rings
  • Tertiary amino group
  • Activity: mu (analgesia), kappa (analgesia/sedation), delta (analgesia favoured by enkephalins)
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What is the structure activity relationship of morphine to the receptor?

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  • Amine nitrogen: Protonated, charged and forms ionic bond
  • Phenol: H bonded to receptor
  • Aromatic ring: Van der waals interaction, defined interaction
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What are some physico chemical properties of morphine (both physical and chemical)

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  • Morphine and hydrate are sparingly soluble in water
  • Morphine is a weak base it can produce salts with strong acids (HCL, H2SO4)
  • Salts are 300x more soluble
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How is diamorphine synthesized from morphine?

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  • Treated with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride. Adds 2 acetyl (ester) groups
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How is codeine synthesized from morphine?

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  • Then treat with KOH
  • Then do SN2 reaction to get codeine using MeI
  • Methylation selectivity through deprotonation of phenol
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How much more BBB penetration does codeine and heroin have compared to morphine?

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  • Codeine - 10 x BBB
  • Heroin - 100 x BBB
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How much of the morphine is converted into each isomer and what were they?

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  • Approx 60% of dose is converted to 3 - glucuronide w/ 10% to morphine 6 - glucuronide
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