Opiod Drug I Flashcards
Morphine works on what receptor
Mu agonist
4-5 hrs analgesia for mod to severe pain
morphine
Side effects of all Mu agonists
Constipation, euphoria, sedation, resp. depression, nausea, decreased LH release, increased ADH secretion (mu) or decreased (kappa), pupillary constriction
Has a large 1st pass in oral dose
morphine
Constipation, euphoria, sedation, resp. depression, nausea, decreased LH release, increased ADH secretion (mu) or decreased (kappa), pupillary constriction
side effects of all mu agonists
Can cause gall stones!
Fentanyl
i would faint if i had gall stones!
100x as potent as Morphine, short duration (1-1.5 hrs)
Fentanyl
Fentanyl uses:
100x potent as morphine and short duration
given as patch or IM
Used for moderate to severe pain. Conscious sedation (short-duration) as a patch or IM
Fentanyl
“its Fen-tastic!!! its 100x more potent AND i’m conscious”
Fentanyl works on which R
mu agonist
MOderate to severe pain but longer acting then morphine
methedone
because of it’s longer duration… some concern with OD fatality and abuse
Methadone
methadone… you could be DONE :(
Forms toxic metabolite normeperidine
Meperidine
…NO..meperidine~ normeperidine = toxic
Moderate to severe pain.
Conscious sedation
(short-duration)
Meperidine (opioid)
Meperidine:
pain
type of sedation
duration
moderate to sevre
short duration
consious sedation
Contraindicated if you use Meperidine (opioid)
MAOIs
Prodrug, highly lipophilic and gets to brain quickly
Heroin (opioid)
weak mu agonist
Codeine
used for mild pain and is antitussive
codeine
—codeine for cough but a bitchy pain helper
uses of codeine
mostly antitussive, some pain relief and given in mixutre with acetominophen or aspirin