*Opioids Agonists (Exam II) Flashcards

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What are opioids effects on the CO₂ medullary center?

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  • Opioids inhibit the CO₂ medullary center.
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Differentiate opioids from narcotics.

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  • Opioids = all exogenous substances that bind to endogenous opioid receptors.
  • Narcotic = any substance that can produce dependence (stupor)

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What two types of opioid chemical structures are there?

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  • Phenanthrenes
  • Benzylisoquinolines

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What types of drugs are Phenanthrenes?

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Morphine & codeine

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What types of drugs are Benzylisoquinolines?

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Papaverine

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What is Papaverine mostly used for?

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Treating intra-arterial barbiturate administration
(dilates the highly constricted artery).

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What portions of the brain are the source of Descending Inhibitory Signals?

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  • Thalamus
  • PAG
  • Locus Coeruleus

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What endogenous substances have the same effect on receptors as Opioids?

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Endorphins, Enkephalins, and Dynorphines.

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Presynaptic inhibition of what neurotransmitters occurs with Opioid administration?

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  • Substance P
  • ACh
  • NE
  • Dopamine

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How do Opioids modulate pain at the cellular level?

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  • ↑ K⁺ conductance (hyperpolarization)
  • Ca⁺⁺ channel inactivation

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Where are Opioid receptors located in the brain?

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  • PAG
  • Locus Ceruleus
  • RVM (rostral ventral medulla)
  • Hypothalamus

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Where is the primary site of Opioid receptors in the spinal cord?

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Substantia gelatinosa (aka Laminae 2)

where local anesthetics work

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Where is/are Opioid receptors found outside the CNS?

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Sensory neurons & immune cells

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What are the four (most important) types of opioid receptors?

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  • Μu1 (μ₁)
  • Μu2 (μ₂)
  • Κappa (κ)
  • Delta (δ)

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Which opioid receptor(s) is/are responsible for respiratory depression & physical dependence?

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  • Μu2
  • δ

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Which receptors are responsible for constipation?

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  • Μu2 (primarily)
  • δ (less)

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Which receptors can cause urinary retention?

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  • Μu1
  • δ (delta)

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Are there any receptors that cause diuresis when bound?

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κ (Kappa)

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All opioid receptors induce analgesia at both the brain the spinal cord. T/F?

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  • False. Μu2 receptors only cause at analgesia at the spinal cord level.

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What opioid receptors have low abuse potential when bound?

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Μu1 and κ

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Which opioid receptor is responsible for euphoria, bradycardia, hypothermia, and miosis when bound?

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Mu1

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What agonists bind to the four opioid receptors?

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  • Mu1 & Mu2 = endorphins, morphine, synthetics.
  • κ = dynorphins.
  • δ = enkephalins.

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Describe the adverse side effects of Opioids on the cardiovascular system.

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  • ↓SNS tone = ↓BP, VR, and CO & Orthostatic hypotension and sycope
  • ↓HR + histamine release = ↓BP

+ N2O or Benzo = CV depression

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What possible cardiovascular benefits do Opioids provide?

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Myocardial ischemia protection
(won’t cause myocardial depression)

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What are the respiratory effects of Opioids?

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  • Depressed CNS response to CO₂ causing a right shift of PaCO₂ (↑)

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What are the syptoms of Opioid overdose?

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- apnea
- miosis
- hypoventilation
- coma

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What drug would treat opioid ventilatory depression but not reverse analgesia?
How?

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Physostigmine would by increasing CNS levels of ACh

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What is normal PaO₂?

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Normal PaO₂ is 80 mmHg

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What would cause a leftward shift in PaO₂?
What would cause a rightward shift?

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  • Leftward: Metabolic acidosis (to breathe off all that CO₂)
  • Rightward: sleep → opiates → anesthesia (need higher CO2 to make them breath)

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Why should caution be used when administering opioids to head trauma patients?

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Opioids ↓CBF and possibly ↓ICP

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What can happen when large doses of Opioid is given?

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Myoclonus

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What musculoskeletal abnormality occurs with Opioid administration?
What makes this condition worse?
How is it treated?

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-Skeletal chest wall and abdominal muscle rigidity

  • Mechanical ventilation makes it worse
  • treat with Muscle relaxants and/or naloxone

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What are Sphincter of Oddi spasms?
Which drugs can cause this?

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  • Biliary smooth muscle spasm

caused by:
- Fentanyl (99%),
- Morphine (53%)
- Meperidine (61%).

I think maybe all opioids can cause this but these are the primary culprits

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How are opioid-induced Sphincter of Oddi spasm’s treated?

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  • Naloxone
  • Glucagon (2mg IV given incrementally) and causes no opioid antagonism.
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What drugs should be used for ERCP cases?

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  • Non-opioids (multimodal approach w/ NSAIDs, gabapentin, etc.)
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What is the side effect on GU with Opioids?

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urinary urgency

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What are the effects on cutaneous with Opioid?

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flushed face, neck, & upper chest
d/t Histamine release

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What are the side effects on the placenta with Opioids?

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  • neonate depression
  • dependence (chronic)

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How long does it take (generally) to develop tolerance to Opioids?
What causes tolerance?

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  • 2-3 weeks
  • 25 days with Morphine
  • Downregulation (↓ opioid receptors) causes tolerance

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What negative change can develop between all opioids?

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Cross-tolerance

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Morphine is ____ standard with opioids

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Gold standard

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What effects does Morphine have?

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  • Analgesia
  • euphoria
  • sedation,
  • diminished ability to concentrate
  • nausea
  • feeling of body warmth
  • heaviness of extremities,
  • dryness of the mouth
  • pruritis.

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What areas of the body does Morphine relieve?

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  • visceral
  • skeletal muscles
  • joints and integumental dull > sharp
  • intermittent pain

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Morphine tends to relieve _____ type pain more than _____ type pain.

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Dull: sharp

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What is the dosage of Morphine?

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1 - 10 mg IV

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What is the onset of Morphine?

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10 - 20 mins

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What is the IM and IV peak of Morphine?

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IM: 45 to 90 mins

IV: 15-30 mins

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What is the duration of Morphine?

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4-5 hours

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What are the first past effects of Morphine in the liver and lungs?

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  • PO Hepatic 1st Pass: 25%.
  • No first pass uptake in lungs

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Where does Morphine accumulate rapidly?

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  • kidneys
  • liver
  • skeletal muscles

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How is Morphine metabolized?
What are the metabolites and their significance?

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  • Glucuronidation in the liver

metabolites:
- Morphine-6-glucuronide = (5-25%) but is an active anaglesic causing late resp depression.

  • Morphine-3-glucuronide (75% to 95%) but inactive

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What is the elimination 1/2 time of Morphine?

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longer with morphine-3-glucuronide

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What would occur with Morphine overdose in a renal failure patient?

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Prolonged ventilatory depression.

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Which gender has more analgesic potency and slower speed of offset with Morphine?

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Women

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What receptors does Meperidine agonize?

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  • μ and κ receptors
  • α2 receptors as well

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What are the analogues of meperidine?
What other drugs does meperidine have a similar organic structure to?

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-Analogues: Fentanyl & it’s derivatives

  • structure similarity: Lidocaine & Atropine

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How potent is Meperidine?
How long does it last?

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  • 10% as potent as morphine
  • Duration: 2-4 hours

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What is the dose and primary indication for Meperidine?

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12.5 mg IV for Post-operative shivering

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What are the effects of Meperidine?

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  • sedation
  • euphoria
  • N/V
  • depression of ventilation

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What is the metabolism and how much is protein bound of Meperidine?

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90 % hepatic metabolism
–> Normeperidine

60 % protein bound (consider with elderly)

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What is the elimination profile of Meperidine?

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Elimination: Renal (acidic urine can speed elimination)

Elimination 1/2 time: 3 to 5 hours (35 hours with renal failure)

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What are the toxic effecs of Meperidine?

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  • delirium (confusion, hallucinations)
  • myoclonus
  • seizures

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When should Meperidine not be used?

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  • Bronchoscopies (promotes coughing)
  • diarrhea
  • cough suppressant

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What are the side effects of Meperidine?

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  • tachycardia
  • mydriasis with dry mouth
  • (-) inotropy
  • serotonin syndrome (MAOIs & TCAs)
  • impaired ventilation
  • crosses placenta
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True or False: Meperidine develops withdrawal symptoms more rapidly than Morphine?

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True

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66
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How potent is fentanyl?

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  • 75 - 125 x Morphine.

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67
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What is the blood-brain equilibration of fentanyl?
What does this mean?

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  • 6.4 minutes
  • Potent with rapid onset and ↑ lipid solubility.

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What percent of fentanyl is subject to lung first-pass effect?
What does this mean?

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  • 75%
  • Drug is taken up into lung tissue and possibly subjected to breakdown via pulmonary esterases.

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What organs are reservoirs and affect the drug’s pharmacokinetics’ dispositional phase?

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Lungs

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70
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What is removal of endogenous compounds form the pulmonary arterial blood?

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Pulmonary Uptake/Extraction

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What is the term for drug gets retained/accumulated and removed/cleared/metabolized at a specific location in the body that result in a reduced concentration of the active drug upon reaching its site of action?

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Lung First-Pass

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Where is fentanyl metabolized?
What is its principal metabolite?

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  • Liver via CYP3A
  • Norfentanyl is the principal metabolite

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73
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Where is Fentanyl excreted?

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Kidneys

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74
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What is the Vd of Fentanyl?

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Large Vd

IV ( < 5 mins 80% is gone)
–> highly vascular tissues
–> inactive tissue sites

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How does fentanyl dosing change for the elderly or liver patients?

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No change in elderly or cirrhotic patients.

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Describe what the graph below is showing.

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Fentanyl has the greatest context-sensitive half-time of any of the Fentanyl derivatives.

d/t saturation of inactive tissue

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77
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What is the analgesia dosage of Fentanyl?

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1 - 2 μg/kg IV

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78
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What is the induction dose of Fentanyl?

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1.5 - 3 μg/kg IV

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79
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What is the dose of Fentanyl with inhaled anesthetics?

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2 to 20 µg/kg IV

  • Direct laryngoscopy during intubation
  • Sudden changes in surgical stimulation level

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What is the surgical anesthesia dose of Fentanyl?

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50 to 150 µg/kg IV

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81
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What is the intrathecal dosage of Fentanyl?

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25 mcg

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82
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What is the adult oral dose of Fentanyl?
Pediatric?

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  • Adult: 5 - 20 mcg/kg
  • Peds: 15 - 20 mcg/kg

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1mg of PO Fentanyl = ____ mg of IV Morphine

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5

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84
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What is the transdermal dose of Fentanyl?

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75 - 100 μg (18 hours steady state)

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85
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What cardiovascular side effects should be known about Fentanyl?

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  • no histamine release
  • depress carotid sinus baroreceptor reflex
  • no significant bradycardia
  • ↓BP & ↓CO

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What CNS side effects of Fentanyl should be known?

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  • Can cause seizures
  • modestly increase ICP (6-9 mmHg)

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87
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What are synergism effects of Fentanyl?

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  • Potentiate Benzodiazepines
  • Decrease dose requirements with Propofol

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88
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How much more potent is Sufentanil than Fentanyl?

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5-12 times more potent.

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89
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How much of Sufentanil is subject to first pass effects?

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60% lung first-pass

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90
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How much of Sufentanil is protein bound? What protein is it bound to?

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92.5% α-1 acid glycoprotein bound.

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91
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What is the metabolism and excretion of Sufentanil?

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Metabolism: hepatic

Excretion: renal and fecal (caution in chronic renal failure)

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92
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What is the context-sensitive half-time and Vd of Sufentanil?

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  • Context-sensitive half-time: shorter
  • larger Vd > alfentanil

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What is the analgesia dose of Sufentanil?

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0.1 - 0.4 μg/kg IV

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94
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What is the induction dose of sufentanil?

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18.9 mcg/kg IV

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What is the intraop dose of Sufentanil?

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0.3 to 1 µg/kg IV

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96
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What is the infusion dose of Sufentanil?

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0.5 to 1 µg/kg/hr IV

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97
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What are the side effects of Sufentanil?

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  • Bradycardia (↓ C.O.)
  • Rigidity chest wall and abdominal muscles)

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What is the potency of Alfentanil?
What is its onset?

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  • 20% as potent as Fentanyl
  • Onset: 1.4 min (faster than all derivatives except Remifentanil)

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What are the pharmacokinetics of Alfentanil?

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  • Cirrhosis: prolongs elimination half-time
  • 90% nonionized at normal pH –> lower lipid solubility
  • Higher protein binding
  • Metabolite: Noralfentanil (Hepatic P450 3A4)

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100
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What is the Alfentanil induction dose?

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Induction: 150 - 300 mcg /kg IV

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101
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What is laryngoscopy dose of Alfentanil?

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15 - 30 mcg/kg IV (90 seconds prior)

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102
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What about is the maintenance dose of Alfentanil?

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25 - 150 mcg/kg/hr with inhaled anesthetics

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103
Q

What drug can cause acute dystonia when given to a Parkinson’s patient?

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Alfentanil

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104
Q

What receptor affinity does Remifentanil have?
How potent is it?

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μ opioid agonist that is equipotent to fentanyl

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105
Q

What is Remifentanil’s structure and why is it important?

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Ester Structure = hydrolyzed by plasma & tissue esterases.

  • Rapid onset & recovery
  • rapid titratable effect
  • No accumulation
  • rapid recovery when discontinued

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106
Q

What drug was said to be a great choice for carotid procedures in lecture?

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Remifentanil

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What is the clearance of Remfentanil?

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3-L/min
(8x faster than Alfentanil)

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108
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What is the peak effect of Remifentanil?

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30 - 60 seconds

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109
Q

Where is Remifentanil excreted?

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kidneys

(unchanged by renal or hepatic disease)

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110
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What is the elimination half-time of Remifentanil?

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6.3 minutes

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111
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What is the induction dose of Remifentanil?

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0.5 to 1 µg/kg IV over 30-60 seconds

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112
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What is the maintenance dosing of Remifentanil?

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  • 0.005 - 2 μg/kg/min IV

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113
Q

What do you need to give before stopping Remifentanil?

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give longer-acting opioid

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114
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What use is not recommended for Remifentanil?

A

spinal or epidural use

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115
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What are the side effects of Remifentanil?

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  • Seizure-like activity
  • N/V
  • Depression of ventilation
  • Decreased BP and HR
  • Hyperalgesia d/t
    -Previous acute exposure to large opioid doses
    -Tolerance

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116
Q

How potent is Hydromorphone?
What benefits does hydromorphone have over morphine?

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  • 5x more potent than morphine
  • No histamine release & no active metabolites.

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117
Q

What is the dose of Hydromorphone?

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0.5mg → 1-4 mg total

Redose every 4 hours

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118
Q

Why is codeine not given IV?

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Induced hypotension via histamine release.

119
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What is the elimination 1/2 time of Codeine?

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3 to 3.5 hours

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120
Q

Where is Codeine metabolized?

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Liver

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121
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What are the side effects of Codeine?

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  • physical dependence
  • minimal sedation
  • N/V
  • constipation
  • dizziness

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122
Q

What is the dose of codeine for cough suppression?
Analgesia?

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  • Cough: 15mg
  • Analgesia: 60mg (= about 5mg morphine)

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123
Q

Which opioid is most cleared?

A

Remifentanil (3-4L/min)

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124
Q

Which opioid(s) is/are the most protein bound?
Which is the least?

A
  • most = Sufentanil, alfentanil, & remifentanil
  • least = morphine

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125
Q

Which opioid is the highest percent non-ionized?

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Alfentanil

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126
Q

What are the other Opioid Agonists?

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  • Oxymorphone
  • Oxycodone
  • Hydrocodone
  • Methadone
  • Propoxyphene
  • Tramadol
  • Heroin

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127
Q

Which Opioid Agonist is used in opioid withdrawal & chronic pain?

A

Methadone

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128
Q

What are the drug facts about Tramadol?

A
  • 5 -10x less (Morphine)
  • µ with weak κ & δ
  • PO: 3 mg/kg
  • Interacts with Coumadin

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What are drug facts of Heroin?

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  • More rapid onset
  • less N/V
  • great potential for dependency

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