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Coates S, Lazarus P. Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Morphine Metabolism and Drug-Drug Interactions. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2023; 387:150-169. [PMID: 37679047 PMCID: PMC10586512 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Awareness of drug interactions involving opioids is critical for patient treatment as they are common therapeutics used in numerous care settings, including both chronic and disease-related pain. Not only do opioids have narrow therapeutic indexes and are extensively used, but they have the potential to cause severe toxicity. Opioids are the classical pain treatment for patients who suffer from moderate to severe pain. More importantly, opioids are often prescribed in combination with multiple other drugs, especially in patient populations who typically are prescribed a large drug regimen. This review focuses on the current knowledge of common opioid drug-drug interactions (DDIs), focusing specifically on hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine DDIs. The DDIs covered in this review include pharmacokinetic DDI arising from enzyme inhibition or induction, primarily due to inhibition of cytochrome p450 enzymes (CYPs). However, opioids such as morphine are metabolized by uridine-5'-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferases (UGTs), principally UGT2B7, and glucuronidation is another important pathway for opioid-drug interactions. This review also covers several pharmacodynamic DDI studies as well as the basics of CYP and UGT metabolism, including detailed opioid metabolism and the potential involvement of metabolizing enzyme gene variation in DDI. Based upon the current literature, further studies are needed to fully investigate and describe the DDI potential with opioids in pain and related disease settings to improve clinical outcomes for patients. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: A review of the literature focusing on drug-drug interactions involving opioids is important because they can be toxic and potentially lethal, occurring through pharmacodynamic interactions as well as pharmacokinetic interactions occurring through inhibition or induction of drug metabolism.
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- Shelby Coates
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
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Decaix T, Gautier S, Royer L, Laprévote O, Tritz T, Siguret V, Teillet L, Sellier C, Pépin M. Importance of cytochrome 3A4 and 2D6-mediated drug-drug interactions in oxycodone consumption among older adults hospitalized for hip fracture: a cross-sectional study. Aging Clin Exp Res 2023; 35:2471-2481. [PMID: 37861957 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-023-02569-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Hip fracture is a common injury and represents a major health problem with an increasing incidence. In older adults, opioids such as oxycodone are often preferred to other analgesics such as tramadol because of a lower risk of delirium. Different parameters, such as inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) 2D6 and/or 3A4, can potentially lead to pharmacokinetic variations of oxycodone representing a risk of adverse drugs effects or lack of drug response. There is a risk of drug-drug interactions involving CYP450 in older adults due to the high prevalence of polypharmacy. This study sought to identify patient characteristics that influence oxycodone administration. A single-center observational study included 355 patients with a hip fracture hospitalized in a geriatric postoperative unit. Composite endpoint based on form, duration, and timing to intake separated patients into three groups: "no oxycodone", "low oxycodone ", and "high oxycodone ". CYP450 interactions were studied based on a composite variable defining the most involved CYP450 pathways between CYP2D6 and CYP3A4. CYP450 interactions with CYP2D6 pathway involved were associated with the risk of "high oxycodone" [odds ratio adjusted on age and the type of hip fracture (OR*) 4.52, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.39-16.83, p = 0.02)], as well as serum albumin levels (OR* 1.09, 95% CI 1.02-1.17, p = 0.01). Cognitive impairment was negatively associated with the risk of "high oxycodone" (OR* 0.38, 95% CI 0.18-0.77, p = 0.02). This study showed an association between CYP2D6 interactions and higher oxycodone consumption indirectly reflecting the existence of uncontrolled postoperative pain.
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- Théodore Decaix
- Department of Geriatrics, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
- CNRS, CiTCoM, Paris-Cité University, 75006, Paris, France.
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- Epidemiology and Public Health Department, AP-HP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France
- Primary Care and Prevention Team, UVSQ, Inserm U1018, CESP, Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- CNRS, CiTCoM, Paris-Cité University, 75006, Paris, France
- Department of Biochemistry, APHP, GHU Paris-Cité University, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacy, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Hematology Laboratory, APHP, Hospital Group Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Paris-Cité University, Paris, France
- Therapeutic Innovations in Hemostasis, Inserm UMR-S 1140, Paris-Cité University, Paris, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, APHP, GHU Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Clinical Epidemiology, UVSQ, Inserm U1018, CESP, Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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Lalovic B, Shireman L, Shen DD, Cherrier M. Model-Based Analysis of the Influence of Alcohol Use and Age on Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics of Oral Oxycodone in Middle-Age and Older Community Dwelling Adults. J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 62:1177-1190. [PMID: 35394079 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.2058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Little is known on how opioid responses vary by age and in the presence of alcohol consumption. This model-based pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) analysis quantified the impact of age and alcohol use on pupillometry and cold pressor test (CPT) PD based on data from an open label study of immediate-release 10 mg oral oxycodone in middle-age and older adults (age 35-85) without severe functional limitations. PK and pupillometry assessments were obtained on 11 occasions over 8 hours. CPT was administered at 1.5, 5 and 8 hours post oxycodone dosing. The study consisted of 62 older adults (age 60+) and 66 middle-age adults (age 35-59), with 82% meeting the unhealthy drinking criteria. Oral oxycodone PK were well described using a one compartment model with a sequential zero to first order absorption process. Recent alcohol use measures were selected a priori. for the analysis. Inhibitory Emax and linear direct effect PD models described the respective pupillometry and CPT data using simultaneous PK-PD analysis in MONOLIX. This analysis demonstrated an influence of age on clearance and bodyweight on the distribution volume of oxycodone, alcohol consumption was not noted to alter oxycodone PK. Oxycodone pupillometry PD were influenced by the level of subject-reported alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C), alcohol use biomarker blood phosphatidylethanol, previous cannabis use, and age. Over the opioid exposure range of the study, none of the covariables including alcohol and age were noted to affect CPT PD. Additional clinical studies are needed to further probe the clinical consequences of opioid-alcohol-age interaction. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Bojan Lalovic
- Clinical Pharmacology Sciences Modeling and Simulation, Medicines Development Center, Eisai Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Magnitude of Drug–Drug Interactions in Special Populations. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14040789. [PMID: 35456623 PMCID: PMC9027396 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14040789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) are one of the most frequent causes of adverse drug reactions or loss of treatment efficacy. The risk of DDIs increases with polypharmacy and is therefore of particular concern in individuals likely to present comorbidities (i.e., elderly or obese individuals). These special populations, and the population of pregnant women, are characterized by physiological changes that can impact drug pharmacokinetics and consequently the magnitude of DDIs. This review compiles existing DDI studies in elderly, obese, and pregnant populations that include a control group without the condition of interest. The impact of physiological changes on the magnitude of DDIs was then analyzed by comparing the exposure of a medication in presence and absence of an interacting drug for the special population relative to the control population. Aging does not alter the magnitude of DDIs as the related physiological changes impact the victim and perpetrator drugs to a similar extent, regardless of their elimination pathway. Conversely, the magnitude of DDIs can be changed in obese individuals or pregnant women, as these conditions impact drugs to different extents depending on their metabolic pathway.
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Genome-wide association studies and candidate gene findings suggest that genetic approaches may help in choosing the most appropriate drug and dosage, while preventing adverse drug reactions. This is the field that addresses precision medicine: to evaluate variations in the DNA sequence that could be responsible for different individual analgesic response. We review potential gene biomarkers with best overall convergent functional evidence, for opioid use, in pain management. Polymorphisms can modify pharmacodynamics (i.e., mu opioid receptor, OPRM1) and pharmacokinetics (i.e., CYP2D6 phenotypes) pathways altering opioid effectiveness, consumption, side effects or additionally, prescription opioid use dependence vulnerability. This review provides a summary of these candidate variants for the translation of genotype into clinically useful information in pain medicine.
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- Mongi Benjeddou
- Department of Biotechnology, University of The Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Neuropharmacology on Pain & Functional Diversity (NED), Alicante Institute for Health & Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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Leonard CE, Brensinger CM, Pham Nguyen TP, Horn JR, Chung S, Bilker WB, Dublin S, Soprano SE, Dawwas GK, Oslin DW, Wiebe DJ, Hennessy S. Screening to identify signals of opioid drug interactions leading to unintentional traumatic injury. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 130:110531. [PMID: 32739738 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Efforts to minimize harms from opioid drug interactions may be hampered by limited evidence on which drugs, when taken concomitantly with opioids, result in adverse clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE To identify signals of opioid drug interactions by identifying concomitant medications (precipitant drugs) taken with individual opioids (object drugs) that are associated with unintentional traumatic injury DESIGN: We conducted pharmacoepidemiologic screening of Optum Clinformatics Data Mart, identifying drug interaction signals by performing confounder-adjusted self-controlled case series studies for opioid + precipitant pairs and injury. SETTING Beneficiaries of a major United States-based commercial health insurer during 2000-2015 PATIENTS: Persons aged 16-90 years co-dispensed an opioid and ≥1 precipitant drug(s), with an unintentional traumatic injury event during opioid therapy, as dictated by the case-only design EXPOSURE: Precipitant-exposed (vs. precipitant-unexposed) person-days during opioid therapy. OUTCOME Emergency department or inpatient International Classification of Diseases discharge diagnosis for unintentional traumatic injury. We used conditional Poisson regression to generate confounder adjusted rate ratios. We accounted for multiple estimation via semi-Bayes shrinkage. RESULTS We identified 25,019, 12,650, and 10,826 new users of hydrocodone, tramadol, and oxycodone who experienced an unintentional traumatic injury. Among 464, 376, and 389 hydrocodone-, tramadol-, and oxycodone-precipitant pairs examined, 20, 17, and 16 (i.e., 53 pairs, 34 unique precipitants) were positively associated with unintentional traumatic injury and deemed potential drug interaction signals. Adjusted rate ratios ranged from 1.23 (95 % confidence interval: 1.05-1.44) for hydrocodone + amoxicillin-clavulanate to 4.21 (1.88-9.42) for oxycodone + telmisartan. Twenty (37.7 %) of 53 signals are currently reported in a major drug interaction knowledgebase. LIMITATIONS Potential for reverse causation, confounding by indication, and chance CONCLUSIONS: We identified previously undescribed and/or unappreciated signals of opioid drug interactions associated with unintentional traumatic injury. Subsequent etiologic studies should confirm (or refute) and elucidate these potential drug interactions.
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- Charles E Leonard
- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- AthenaHealth, Inc., Watertown, MA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Wang Y, Bahar MA, Jansen AME, Kocks JWH, Alffenaar JWC, Hak E, Wilffert B, Borgsteede SD. Improving antibacterial prescribing safety in the management of COPD exacerbations: systematic review of observational and clinical studies on potential drug interactions associated with frequently prescribed antibacterials among COPD patients. J Antimicrob Chemother 2020; 74:2848-2864. [PMID: 31127283 PMCID: PMC6814093 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkz221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Guidelines advise the use of antibacterials (ABs) in the management of COPD exacerbations. COPD patients often have multiple comorbidities, such as diabetes mellitus and cardiac diseases, leading to polypharmacy. Consequently, drug–drug interactions (DDIs) may frequently occur, and may cause serious adverse events and treatment failure. Objectives (i) To review DDIs related to frequently prescribed ABs among COPD patients from observational and clinical studies. (ii) To improve AB prescribing safety in clinical practice by structuring DDIs according to comorbidities of COPD. Methods We conducted a systematic review by searching PubMed and Embase up to 8 February 2018 for clinical trials, cohort and case–control studies reporting DDIs of ABs used for COPD. Study design, subjects, sample size, pharmacological mechanism of DDI and effect of interaction were extracted. We evaluated levels of DDIs and quality of evidence according to established criteria and structured the data by possible comorbidities. Results In all, 318 articles were eligible for review, describing a wide range of drugs used for comorbidities and their potential DDIs with ABs. DDIs between ABs and co-administered drugs could be subdivided into: (i) co-administered drugs altering the pharmacokinetics of ABs; and (ii) ABs interfering with the pharmacokinetics of co-administered drugs. The DDIs could lead to therapeutic failures or toxicities. Conclusions DDIs related to ABs with clinical significance may involve a wide range of indicated drugs to treat comorbidities in COPD. The evidence presented can support (computer-supported) decision-making by health practitioners when prescribing ABs during COPD exacerbations in the case of co-medication.
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- Yuanyuan Wang
- Department of PharmacoTherapy, -Epidemiology & -Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of PharmacoTherapy, -Epidemiology & -Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of PharmacoTherapy, -Epidemiology & -Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy and Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of PharmacoTherapy, -Epidemiology & -Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of PharmacoTherapy, -Epidemiology & -Economics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Decision Support, Health Base Foundation, Houten, The Netherlands.,Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Kaukab I, Shah SNH, Kharaba ZJ, Buabeid MA, Alfoteih YA, Murtaza G. Effect of clarithromycin pre-treatment on the pharmacokinetics of metoclopramide after their simultaneous oral intake. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2020; 16:735-740. [PMID: 32524862 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2020.1779699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the influence of enzyme suppression on the values of various pharmacokinetic factors of orally administered metoclopramide. METHOD This study was conducted in two phases and a 4-week duration was adopted for drug washout. This randomized study involved 12 healthy human volunteers who received a single oral dose of metoclopramide 20 mg. After the washout period, volunteers received clarithromycin 500 mg two times per day for consecutive 5 days. On test day (fifth day), a single oral dose of metoclopramide 20 mg was also given to the volunteers, and collection of blood samples was conducted at pre-decided time points. Various pharmacokinetic parameters such as Cmax, Tmax, and AUC0-∞ of metoclopramide were determined by analyzing the blood samples using a validated HPLC-UV method. RESULTS Clarithromycin increased the mean values of Cmax, AUC0-∞, and T1/2 of metoclopramide by 46%, 78.6%, and 9.8%, respectively. CONCLUSION Clarithromycin noticeably increased the concentration of plasma metoclopramide. This study's results provide in vivo confirmation of the CYP3A4 involvement in metoclopramide metabolism, in addition to CYP2D6. Therefore, metoclopramide pharmacokinetics may be clinically affected by clarithromycin and other potent enzyme inhibitors.
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- Iram Kaukab
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University , Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University , Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al-Ain University of Science and Technology , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Ajman University , United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Dental Surgery, City University College of Ajman , Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology , Lahore, Pakistan
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Rytkönen J, Ranta VP, Kokki M, Kokki H, Hautajärvi H, Rinne V, Heikkinen AT. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling of oxycodone drug-drug interactions. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2020; 41:72-88. [PMID: 31925778 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.2215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic with several pharmacologically active metabolites and relatively narrow therapeutic index. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 and CYP2D6 play major roles in the metabolism of oxycodone and its metabolites. Thus, inhibition and induction of these enzymes may result in substantial changes in the exposure of both oxycodone and its metabolites. In this study, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was built using GastroPlus™ software for oxycodone, two primary metabolites (noroxycodone, oxymorphone) and one secondary metabolite (noroxymorphone). The model was built based on literature and in house in vitro and in silico data. The model was refined and verified against literature clinical data after oxycodone administration in the absence of drug-drug interactions (DDI). The model was further challenged with simulations of oxycodone DDI with CYP3A4 inhibitors ketoconazole and itraconazole, CYP3A4 inducer rifampicin and CYP2D6 inhibitor quinidine. The magnitude of DDI (AUC ratio) was predicted within 1.5-fold error for oxycodone, within 1.8-fold and 1.3-4.5-fold error for the primary metabolites noroxycodone and oxymorphone, respectively, and within 1.4-4.5-fold error for the secondary metabolite noroxymorphone, when compared to the mean observed AUC ratios. This work demonstrated the capability of PBPK model to simulate DDI of the administered compounds and the formed metabolites of both DDI victim and perpetrator. However, the predictions for the formed metabolites tend to be associated with higher uncertainty than the predictions for the administered compound. The oxycodone model provides a tool for forecasting oxycodone DDI with other CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 DDI perpetrators that may be co-administered with oxycodone.
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- Jaana Rytkönen
- Admescope Ltd, Oulu, Finland.,School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling usually resulting from tissue damage that can persist along weeks, months, or even years after the injury, turning into pathological chronic pain, the leading cause of disability. Currently, pharmacology interventions are usually the first-line therapy but there is a highly variable analgesic drug response. Pharmacogenetics (PGx) offers a means to identify genetic biomarkers that can predict individual analgesic response opening doors to precision medicine. PGx analyze the way in which the presence of variations in the DNA sequence (single-nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) could be responsible for portions of the population reaching different levels of pain relief (phenotype) due to gene interference in the drug mechanism of action (pharmacodynamics) and/or its concentration at the place of action (pharmacokinetics). SNPs in the cytochrome P450 enzymes genes (CYP2D6) influence metabolism of codeine, tramadol, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and tricyclic antidepressants. Blood concentrations of some NSAIDs depend on CYP2C9 and/or CYP2C8 activity. Additional candidate genes encode for opioid receptors, transporters, and other molecules important for pharmacotherapy in pain management. However, PGx studies are often contradictory, slowing the uptake of this information. This is likely due, in large part, to a lack of robust evidence demonstrating clinical utility and to its polygenic response modulated by other exogenous or epigenetics factors. Novel therapies, including targeting of epigenetic changes and gene therapy-based approaches, broaden future options to improve understanding of pain and the treatment of people who suffer it.
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- Ana M Peiró
- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Department of Health of Alicante-General Hospital, Alicante, Spain; Neuropharmacology on Pain (NED), Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL-FISABIO Foundation), Alicante, Spain.
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Agarwal D, Udoji MA, Trescot A. Genetic Testing for Opioid Pain Management: A Primer. Pain Ther 2017; 6:93-105. [PMID: 28409480 PMCID: PMC5447546 DOI: 10.1007/s40122-017-0069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Patients see their primary care physicians (PCPs) for a variety of medical conditions, chronic pain being one of the most common. An increased use of prescription medications (especially opioids) has led to an increase in adverse drug reactions and has heightened our awareness of the variability in response to medications. Opioids and other pain adjuvants are widely used, and drug-drug interactions involving these analgesics can be problematic and potentially lethal. Pharmacogenetics has improved our understanding of drug efficacy and response, opened doors to individual tailoring of medical management, and created a series of ethical and economic considerations. Since it is a relatively new field, genetic testing has not been fully integrated into the primary care setting. The purpose of this paper is to review the metabolism of commonly prescribed opioids, discuss the economic and ethical issues, and provide PCPs with an understanding of how to incorporate genetic testing into routine use to improve clinical practice and patient management.
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- Deepti Agarwal
- Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Feng XQ, Zhu LL, Zhou Q. Opioid analgesics-related pharmacokinetic drug interactions: from the perspectives of evidence based on randomized controlled trials and clinical risk management. J Pain Res 2017; 10:1225-1239. [PMID: 28579821 PMCID: PMC5449157 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s138698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Multimorbidity results in complex polypharmacy which may bear a risk of drug interactions. A better understanding of opioid analgesics combination therapy used for pain management could help warrant medication safety, efficacy, and economic relevance. Until now there has been no review summarizing the opioid analgesics-related pharmacokinetic drug interactions from the perspective of evidence based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD A literature search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Library, using a PRISMA flowchart. RESULTS Fifty-two RCTs were included for data interpretation. Forty-two RCTs (80.8%) were conducted in healthy volunteers, whereas 10 RCTs (19.2%) enrolled true patients. None of the opioid-drug/herb pairs was listed as contraindications of opioids involved in this review. Circumstances in which opioid is comedicated as a precipitant drug include morphine-P2Y12 inhibitors, morphine-gabapentin, and methadone-zidovudine. Circumstances in which opioid is comedicated as an object drug include rifampin-opioids (morphine, tramadol, oxycodone, methadone), quinidine-opioids (morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone, codeine, dihydrocodeine, methadone), antimycotics-opioids (buprenorphine, fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, methadone, tilidine, tramadol), protease inhibitors-opioids (ritonavir, ritonavir/lopinavir-oxycodone, ritonavir-fentanyl, ritonavir-tilidine), grapefruit juice-opioids (oxycodone, fentanyl, methadone), antidepressants-opioids (paroxetine-tramadol, paroxetine-hydrocodone, paroxetine-oxycodone, escitalopram-tramadol), metoclopramide-morphine, amantadine-morphine, sumatriptan-butorphanol nasal sprays, ticlopidine-tramadol, St John's wort-oxycodone, macrolides/ketolides-oxycodone, and levomepromazine-codeine. RCTs investigating the same combination, almost unanimously, drew consistent conclusions, except two RCTs on amantadine-intravenous morphine combination where a different amantadine dose was used and two RCTs on morphine-ticagrelor combination where healthy volunteers and true patients were enrolled, respectively. RCTs investigating in true patients may reflect a realistic clinical scenario and overcome the limitation of RCTs performed in healthy volunteers under standardized conditions. Further research opportunities are also presented in this review. CONCLUSION Effective and safe combination therapy of opioids can be achieved by promoting the awareness of potential changes in therapeutic efficacy and toxicities, prescribing alternatives or changing administration strategy, tailoring dose, reviewing the appropriateness of orders, and paying attention to medication monitoring.
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- Xiu-Qin Feng
- Nursing Administration Office, Division of Nursing
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Mouly S, Lloret-Linares C, Sellier PO, Sene D, Bergmann JF. Is the clinical relevance of drug-food and drug-herb interactions limited to grapefruit juice and Saint-John's Wort? Pharmacol Res 2016; 118:82-92. [PMID: 27693910 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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An interaction of drug with food, herbs, and dietary supplements is usually the consequence of a physical, chemical or physiologic relationship between a drug and a product consumed as food, nutritional supplement or over-the-counter medicinal plant. The current educational review aims at reminding to the prescribing physicians that the most clinically relevant drug-food interactions may not be strictly limited to those with grapefruit juice and with the Saint John's Wort herbal extract and may be responsible for changes in drug plasma concentrations, which in turn decrease efficacy or led to sometimes life-threatening toxicity. Common situations handled in clinical practice such as aging, concomitant medications, transplant recipients, patients with cancer, malnutrition, HIV infection and those receiving enteral or parenteral feeding may be at increased risk of drug-food or drug-herb interactions. Medications with narrow therapeutic index or potential life-threatening toxicity, e.g., the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioid analgesics, cardiovascular medications, warfarin, anticancer drugs and immunosuppressants may be at risk of significant drug-food interactions to occur. Despite the fact that considerable effort has been achieved to increase patient' and doctor's information and ability to anticipate their occurrence and consequences in clinical practice, a thorough and detailed health history and dietary recall are essential for identifying potential problems in order to optimize patient prescriptions and drug dosing on an individual basis as well as to increase the treatment risk/benefit ratio.
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- Stéphane Mouly
- UMR-S1144, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Diderot, 10 avenue de Verdun 75010 Paris, France; Département de Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré ,75010 Paris, France.
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- UMR-S1144, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Diderot, 10 avenue de Verdun 75010 Paris, France; Département de Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré ,75010 Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré ,75010 Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré ,75010 Paris, France
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- UMR-S1144, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Diderot, 10 avenue de Verdun 75010 Paris, France; Département de Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré ,75010 Paris, France
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Alcedo KP, Thanigachalam S, Naser SA. RHB-104 triple antibiotics combination in culture is bactericidal and should be effective for treatment of Crohn's disease associated with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Gut Pathog 2016; 8:32. [PMID: 27307791 PMCID: PMC4908774 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-016-0115-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) has been implicated as an etiological agent of Crohn's disease (CD), a debilitating chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Clarithromycin (CLA), clofazimine (CLO), rifabutin (RIF) and other antibiotics have been used individually or in combinations with other drugs to treat mycobacterial diseases including CD. The treatment has varied by regimen, dosage, and duration, resulting in conflicting outcomes and additional suffering to the patients. RHB-104, a drug formula with active ingredients composed of (63.3 %) CLA, (6.7 %) CLO, and (30 %) RIF, has been recently subjected to investigation in an FDA approved Phase III clinical trial to treat patients with moderate to severe CD. In this study, we determined the efficacy of RHB-104 active ingredients against MAP strains isolated from the blood, tissue, and milk of CD patients. Based on fluorescence quenching technology using the Bactec MGIT Para-TB medium, we determined the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of CLA, CLO, RIF individually and in dual and triple combinations against 16 MAP clinical strains and 19 other mycobacteria. RESULTS The MIC of all drugs against 35 different mycobacteria ranged between 0.25-20 μg/mL. However, the MIC of RHB-104 active ingredients regimen was the lowest at 0.25-10 μg/mL compared to the MIC of the other drugs at 0.5-20 μg/mL. The components of RHB-104 active ingredients at their individual concentrations or in dual combinations were not effective against all microorganisms compared to the triple combinations at MIC level. The MIC of CLA-CLO, CLA-RIF, and CLO-RIF regimens ranged between 0.5-1.25 μg/mL compared to 0.25 μg/mL of bactericidal effect of the triple combination. CONCLUSION The data clearly demonstrated that lower concentrations of the triple combination of RHB-104 active ingredients provided synergistic anti-MAP growth activity compared to individual or dual combinations of the drugs. Consequently, this is favorable and should lead to tolerable dosage that is desirable for long-term treatment of CD and Mycobacterium avium complex disease.
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- Karel P Alcedo
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
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Gaudette F, Sirhan-Daneau A, St-Onge M, Turgeon J, Michaud V. Development of a sensitive method for the determination of oxycodone and its major metabolites noroxycodone and oxymorphone in human plasma by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2016; 1008:174-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kobori T, Harada S, Nakamoto K, Tokuyama S. Role of Scaffold Proteins in Functional Alteration of Small Intestinal P-glycoprotein by Anti-cancer Drugs. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2015; 135:687-95. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.14-00234-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Takuro Kobori
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University
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Marsousi N, Daali Y, Rudaz S, Almond L, Humphries H, Desmeules J, Samer CF. Prediction of Metabolic Interactions With Oxycodone via CYP2D6 and CYP3A Inhibition Using a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model. CPT-PHARMACOMETRICS & SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY 2014; 3:e152. [PMID: 25518025 PMCID: PMC4288002 DOI: 10.1038/psp.2014.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Evaluation of a potential risk of metabolic drug–drug interactions (DDI) is of high importance in the clinical setting. In this study, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was developed for oxycodone and its two primary metabolites, oxymorphone and noroxycodone, in order to assess different DDI scenarios using published in vitro and in vivo data. Once developed and refined, the model was able to simulate pharmacokinetics of the three compounds and the DDI extent in case of coadministration with an inhibitor, as well as the oxymorphone concentration variation between CYP2D6 extensive metabolizers (EM) and poor metabolizers (PM). The reliability of the model was tested against published clinical studies monitoring different inhibitors and dose regimens, and all predicted area under the concentration–time curve (AUC) ratios were within the twofold acceptance range. This approach represents a strategy to evaluate the impact of coadministration of different CYP inhibitors using mechanistic incorporation of drug-dependent and system-dependent available in vitro and in vivo data.
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- N Marsousi
- 1] Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland [2] Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
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- 1] Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland [2] Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, Geneva, Switzerland
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- 1] Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland [2] Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
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- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
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- 1] Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland [2] Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, Geneva, Switzerland
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- 1] Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland [2] Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, Geneva, Switzerland
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Söderberg Löfdal KC, Andersson ML, Gustafsson LL. Cytochrome P450-mediated changes in oxycodone pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and their clinical implications. Drugs 2014; 73:533-43. [PMID: 23605691 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-013-0036-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In recent years the use of the opioid oxycodone has increased markedly and replacing morphine as the first-line choice of opioid in several countries. There are formulations for oral immediate, oral extended release and intravenous use. The bioavailability is higher than for morphine and less variable. Oxycodone is primarily metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes with CYP3A as the major metabolic pathway and CYP2D6 as the minor metabolic pathway to noroxycodone, oxymorphone and noroxymorphone. Oxycodone exerts its analgesic effect via the µ-opioid receptor. The metabolism of CYP2D6 substrates varies to a large degree between individuals as a result of allele functionality. Poor metabolizers (PM) have two non-functional alleles, extensive metabolizers (EM) are homozygous with two functional alleles or heterozygous with one functional allele and ultrarapid metabolizers (UM) have more than two functional alleles. There are pronounced interethnic differences in the allele distribution. On the basis of studies performed thus far, oxycodone concentrations in comparison with EM are similar in PM and reduced in UM. The pharmacokinetics in UM are insufficiently investigated. Simultaneous inhibition of both CYP3A and CYP2D6 results in increased oxycodone concentrations and such a combination should be avoided. A similar effect is to be expected with use of a CYP3A inhibitor in CYP2D6 PM. Concomitant use of enzyme inducers such as rifampicin, St John's wort and carbamazepine should be avoided because of the risk of subtherapeutic concentrations of oxycodone. When the dosage of morphine may result in unpredictable bioavailability, like in patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis, oxycodone might be beneficial because it has higher and less variability in bioavailability between patients than morphine.
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- Karin C Söderberg Löfdal
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kobori T, Harada S, Nakamoto K, Tokuyama S. Mechanisms of P-Glycoprotein Alteration During Anticancer Treatment: Role in the Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacological Effects of Various Substrate Drugs. J Pharmacol Sci 2014; 125:242-54. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.14r01cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Should the dosage of controlled-release oxycodone in advanced cancer be modified on the basis of patient characteristics? Support Care Cancer 2013; 22:325-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1973-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Klimas R, Witticke D, El Fallah S, Mikus G. Contribution of oxycodone and its metabolites to the overall analgesic effect after oxycodone administration. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 9:517-28. [PMID: 23488585 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2013.779669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Oxycodone (OC) is an opioid which exerts its analgesic effect through µ-receptors in the brain. It is metabolized through CYP450 enzymes and some of the metabolites show pharmacological activity. The aim of this investigation is to research the contribution of the metabolites of OC to its overall analgesic effect. A further aim was to elucidate the role of drug-drug interactions and CYP2D6 polymorphism. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The authors performed a literature search to identify published information on: blood concentrations of OC and metabolites, protein binding, blood-brain-barrier behavior and opioid receptor affinity. The authors then calculated the contribution of OC and metabolites to the overall analgesic effect. RESULTS OC itself is responsible for 83.02 and 94.76% of the analgesic effect during p.o. and i.v. administration, respectively. Oxymorphone (OM), which has a much higher affinity for the µ-receptor, only plays a minor role (15.77 and 4.52% for p.o. and i.v., respectively). Although the CYP2D6 genotype modulates OM pharmacokinetics, OC remains the major contributor to the overall analgesic effect. CONCLUSION This article's calculations demonstrate that OC itself is responsible for the analgesic effect. Although OM and noroxymorphone have much higher µ-receptor affinity than the parent drug, the metabolite concentrations at the site of action are very low. This suggests that there is a minimal analgesic effect from these metabolites.
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- Romina Klimas
- University of Heidelberg, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Olkkola KT, Kontinen VK, Saari TI, Kalso EA. Does the pharmacology of oxycodone justify its increasing use as an analgesic? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2013; 34:206-14. [PMID: 23465410 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oxycodone is a semisynthetic opioid analgesic that is increasingly used for the treatment of acute, cancer, and chronic non-malignant pain. Oxycodone was synthesized in 1917 but its pharmacological properties were not thoroughly studied until recently. Oxycodone is a fairly selective μ-opioid receptor agonist, but there is a striking discrepancy between the relatively low binding potential and G protein activation by oxycodone and its analgesic efficacy. It has been claimed that this is because of active metabolites and enhanced passage to the central nervous system by active transport. We critically review studies on the basic pharmacology of oxycodone and on its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in humans. In particular, the role of pharmacogenomics and population pharmacokinetics in understanding the properties of oxycodone is discussed in detail. We compare oxycodone with morphine, the standard opioid in clinical use.
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- Klaus T Olkkola
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Care, and Pain Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, P.O. Box 52 (Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8), FI-20520 Turku, Finland.
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This paper is the thirty-fourth consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2011 that studied the behavioral effects of molecular, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of opioid peptides, opioid receptors, opioid agonists and opioid antagonists. The particular topics that continue to be covered include the molecular-biochemical effects and neurochemical localization studies of endogenous opioids and their receptors related to behavior (Section 2), and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia (Section 3); stress and social status (Section 4); tolerance and dependence (Section 5); learning and memory (Section 6); eating and drinking (Section 7); alcohol and drugs of abuse (Section 8); sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology (Section 9); mental illness and mood (Section 10); seizures and neurologic disorders (Section 11); electrical-related activity and neurophysiology (Section 12); general activity and locomotion (Section 13); gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions (Section 14); cardiovascular responses (Section 15); respiration (Section 16); and immunological responses (Section 17).
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, United States.
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Vuilleumier PH, Stamer UM, Landau R. Pharmacogenomic considerations in opioid analgesia. PHARMACOGENOMICS & PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 2012; 5:73-87. [PMID: 23226064 PMCID: PMC3513230 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s23422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Translating pharmacogenetics to clinical practice has been particularly challenging in the context of pain, due to the complexity of this multifaceted phenotype and the overall subjective nature of pain perception and response to analgesia. Overall, numerous genes involved with the pharmacokinetics and dynamics of opioids response are candidate genes in the context of opioid analgesia. The clinical relevance of CYP2D6 genotyping to predict analgesic outcomes is still relatively unknown; the two extremes in CYP2D6 genotype (ultrarapid and poor metabolism) seem to predict pain response and/or adverse effects. Overall, the level of evidence linking genetic variability (CYP2D6 and CYP3A4) to oxycodone response and phenotype (altered biotransformation of oxycodone into oxymorphone and overall clearance of oxycodone and oxymorphone) is strong; however, there has been no randomized clinical trial on the benefits of genetic testing prior to oxycodone therapy. On the other hand, predicting the analgesic response to morphine based on pharmacogenetic testing is more complex; though there was hope that simple genetic testing would allow tailoring morphine doses to provide optimal analgesia, this is unlikely to occur. A variety of polymorphisms clearly influence pain perception and behavior in response to pain. However, the response to analgesics also differs depending on the pain modality and the potential for repeated noxious stimuli, the opioid prescribed, and even its route of administration.
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- Pascal H Vuilleumier
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Schmerztherapie, Inselspital Universität Bern, Switzerland
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Kokki H, Kokki M, Sjövall S. Oxycodone for the treatment of postoperative pain. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2012; 13:1045-58. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.677823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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