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Neuroscience Week 3: Opioid Actions Flashcards

1
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Understand the general pharmacokinetics of opioid compounds

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Oral/Parenteral potency ratio

Absorption - routes of administration

Distribution - localize to highly perfused tissues

Metabolism

Excretion

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Examples of strong opioid agonists

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  • Morphine
  • Oxycodone (AKA oxycontine)
  • Fentanyl
  • Methadone
  • Meperidine
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Examples of partial opioid agonists

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  • Codeine
  • hydrocodone
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4
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Examples of mixed opioid agonist-antagonist actions

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Buprenorphine

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5
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Other clinical uses of Opioid Analgesics:

Treating dyspnea from acute pulmonary edema

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Morphine

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6
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Other clinical uses of Opioid Analgesics:

Example for antitiussive

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Dextromethorphan

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antitussive Definition

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To prevent or relieve a cough

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8
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Other clinical uses of Opioid Analgesics:

Example for anti-diarrhea

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  • Diphenoxylate
  • Loperamide
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9
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Other clinical uses of Opioid Analgesics:

Examples for shivering

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Meperidine

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10
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Other clinical uses of Opioid Analgesics:

adjuncts to anesthesia

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Fentanyl (regional)

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11
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Positive effects of opioids on CNS

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Analgesia

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12
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Adverse effects of opioids on CNS

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  • Mental clouding & Sedation
  • Respiratory depression
  • Antidiuresis
  • Emesis
  • Bradycardia
  • Miosis
  • constipation
  • seizures
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13
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Opioid antagonists

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  • Naloxone
  • Naltrexone
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14
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Opioid drug interactions

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Sedative-hypnotics - increased respiratory depression (CNS depression)

Antipsychotic tranquilizers - increased sedation and accentuates cardiovascular effects (antimuscarinic and α-blocking actions

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors - increased for hyperpyrexic coma and hypertension

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Oral/Parenteral Potency Ratio

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1st pass metabolism (elimination) upon oral administration

Parenteral route: elsewhere than mouth or alimentary canal; e.g. IV, IM, Sub, Q, intrathecal, etc)

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16
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Example of low to parenteral ratio

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Morphine

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17
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Example of high oral to parenteral ratio

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Methadone

18
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Codeine Absorption

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  • reduced 1st pass metabolism, remains effectively orally
  • acts as a partial agonist at the mu receptor
  • High O/P ratio
19
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Oxycodone Absorption

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moderate 1stpass metabolism, but remains effective orally Acts as a moderately strong agonist at the mu receptor. Medium O/P ratio In sustained release form:OxyContin In tablets containing acetaminophen: Percocet

In tablets containing aspirin: Percodan

20
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Other routes of administration

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Nasal insufflation

of some opioids can result in rapid therapeutic blood levels by avoiding 1st pass elimination

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Oral mucosa via lozenges

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Transdermal via transdermal patches, which can deliver potent analgesics over many days

21
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Opiods are converted mostly to?

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Opioids are converted mostly to polar metabolites (e.g. glucuronides

22
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How are opioids typically distributed?

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Opioids rapidly leave the blood compartment and localize in

highest concentrations in highly perfused tissues such as:

Brain

Lungs

Liver

Kidney

Spleen

23
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Opioids and muscle

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Concentrations in skeletal muscle may be lower, but muscle can

serve as a main reservoir due to its bulk

24
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Opiods and fatty tissue

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Low blood flow in fatty tissue but accumulation occurs with highly lipophilic drugs in fatty tissue especially after frequent high dose delivery eg fentanyl

25
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Morphine Metabolism

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Pay special attention to renal failure resulting in high circulating levels

26
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Fentanyl metabolism

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27
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Fentanyl Absorption

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Absorption: Highly lipophilic and slowly metabolized via transdermal route. Transdermal system: improved iontophoretic (localized electric current) allowing needle-free delivery.

28
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Polar metabolits such as glucoronide conjugates: M3G and H3G are excreted how?

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In the urine

small amounts are present in the bile; a very minor amount of the excretory process

29
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Remifentanil Metabolism

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bolus IV dose for a very quick procedure (cataract removal)

30
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Codeine is metabolized to

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Codeine demethylated → morphine

31
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Hydrocodone is metabolized to

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Hydrocodone → hydromorphone → H3G

32
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Oxycodone is metabolized to?

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Oxycodone → Oxymorphone → O3G

33
Q

Codeine

hydrocodone

Oxycodone

Metabolism

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34
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Poor metabolizers of codeine

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wont experience an effect as codeine itself doesnt have strong affinity to the mu receptor

35
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clinical uses of opioids

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36
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Mild-moderate agonist Clinical Use of Opioids

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37
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Clinical uses of other opioids

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38
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Opioid effects and tolerance

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39
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Opioid Drug Interactions

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40
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Non-opioid Therapeutics used to manage pain

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draw attention to gabapentin and pregabalin

ketamine

tramadol however it is a weak mu opiod agonist

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