OPIOIDS - III

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Drug

Agent

Fentanyl

Sufentanil

Alfentanil

Remifentanil

Class

Phenylpiperidine

Phenylpiperidine

Phenylpiperidine

Phenylpiperidine ester

Structure





(Related to pethidine)

(thienyl analogue fent)



Formulation




Fent HCl 100mcg/2ml

Transdermal

25, 50, 75, 100mcg/hr

lollipop 5-20mcg/kg

Iv

Iv

Crystalline powder

Glycine (NOT neuraxial)

Isomers











P/kin

pKa

8.4

8.0

6.5

7.3

% unionised @ pH 7.4

8% (ion trapping)

20%

90% → fast onset

60% (no ion trapping)

Lipid solubility

800 x morphine → ↑potency, faster onset

1500 x morphine

150 x morphine


po absorption





Bioavailability

Low (hepaticmetab, lung uptake 75%)

Lung uptake 60%

Lung uptake 10%


PPB (%)

80%

93% (a1acid glyco)

92% (a1 acid glyco)

66-93%

Vdss (L/kg)

4.6

1.7 (high PPB)

0.5 – 1 (low lipid sol, high PPB)

0.6

CL(ml/kg/min)

17

13

7

60

Metabolism

Desmethylation, alkylation (inactive)

HHER (high lipid sol)

Inactive metab

N dealkylation, conjug

Non-specific tissue and plasma esterases (metabolite potency 1/1000)

Excretion


Bile:urine 1:1

renal (metabolites)


t½α (min)





t½β (hr)

3-4hr (larger Vd)

2-3hr

1-1.5hr

15-20min

CSHT 4hr ivi

260min (saturate lung)

30min (

60min

4min (independent of infusion duration)





Admin

Potency

100 x morphine

1000 x morphine

10 x fentanyl (↑affinity)

30 x morphine

1/5 – 1/10 x fentanyl

100 x morphine

1 x fentanyl

Dose

1-2mcg/kg iv analgesia

<10mcg/kg>

50-100mcg/kg iv cardiac

50-100mcg epi

0.1-0.4mcg/kg analgesia

better kinetic profile for infusions than alfentanil

15mcg/kg analgesia for laryngoscopy, retrobulbar block, transient noxious stim

150-300mcg/kg induction

1mcg/kg over 1min or

0.5-1mcg/kg over 10min → induction

Hepatic failure

No change (?why not)

No change

increased

0

Renal failure


0

0

Target level





Onset

Faster than morphine


Rapid (90% unionised)


Effect site equilibration

6.8min

6.2min

1.4min

1.1min

Duration

<10mcg/kg>

50-100mcg/kg iv 6hr




Offset

Redistribution to fat and skel muscle

Rapid redistribution

Rapid elimination (small Vd) > redistribution

Rapid elimination

Other








Category: Pharmacology Notes

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