Analgesics

  • Utopia: opiates
  • u-message: opioid receptor (mediates most clinical and adverse effects: e.g. analgesia, sedation, constipation, respiratory depression)
  • Open banana barrels: opiate receptors open K+ channels
  • Closed Calci-Yum ice cream cooler: opiate receptors close VG Ca2+ channels on presynaptic
  • Disconnected presynaptic wire: closure of presynaptic VG Ca2+ channels prevents release of neurotransmitters (e.g. glutamate, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin, substance P), stopping pain signa
  • Pain-relieving acupuncture :u-opioid receptor mediates analgesia

  • Fantasy sign:: fentanyl (opioid analgesic), post operative, chronic pain
  • More fun: morphine (opioid analgesic)
  • Distant tram: tramadol (a weak u-opioid receptor agonist used to manage chronic pain)
  • North-South compass: tramadol also inhibits reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin

  • Removed muddy slippers: opioids (e.g. loperamide, diphenoxylate) can be used as antidiarrheals. (loperamide doesn't cross BBB, no central SE)
  • Lop-eared rabbit: loperamide (opioid antidiarrheal)
  • Loping back and forth: loperamide increases colonic phasic segmentation (increase stool transit time)
  • Dolphins hoping back and fourth: diphenoxylate (opioid antidiarrheal)

  • Barcode: codeine (opioid antitussive)
  • Orphan: dextromethorphan (opioid antitussive)
  • Tethered nomadic camel: dextromethorphan antagonizes NMDA receptors

  • Cerebral towel: opiates cause CNS depression (e.g. sedation), especially elderly
  • Deflated lung vest: opiates can cause respiratory depression, dose dependent
  • Colon u-massage table: u-opioid receptors are located in the GI tract (delay stool transit), constipation
  • Plunger: opiates can cause constipation
  • Constricted hood: opiates cause miosis (constricted pupils)
  • Biliary tree: opiates can cause biliary colic (contract biliary smooth muscle)
  • "All are welcome": patients may develop tolerance to opiates
  • "Out of order": tolerance does not develop for miosis or constipation
  • Causing pain: opiate induced hyperalgesia can occur with chronic use
  • bradycardia, hypotension from histamine release

  • Anxious, hot, and moist: opioid withdrawal (rhinorrhea, lacrimation, yawning, hyperventilation, hyperthermia, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, anxiety)

  • DONE timer: methadone (long acting opioid used to attenuate withdrawal symptoms)
  • Long tapering flag: methadone and buprenorphine have a long half lives (used in opioid detoxification), less withdrawal
  • Blueprint: buprenorphine (long acting partial u-opioid agonist used to attenuate withdrawal symptoms)

  • Irritable, moist, tachypneic baby: neonatal abstinence syndrome (diarrhea, sweating, sneezing, crying, tachypnea, irritability)

  • Partial ussage: partial u-opioid agonists (e.g. buprenorphine, nalbuphine, butorphanol)
  • Bluefin: buphin in names of partial u-opioid agonists (e.g. buprenorphine, nalbuphine, butorphanol)
  • Falling into the withdraw spa: partial u-opioid agonists can induce withdrawals

  • No lax zone: naloxone (u-opioid antagonist) used to reverse acute opioid toxicity (can precipitate withdrawals)
  • No tricks zone: naltrexone (u-opioid antagonist) helps maintain abstinence in heroin addicts
  • Tempting alcohol: naltrexone (u-opioid antagonist) helps reduce cravings for alcohol and nicotine
  • Getting fit, exercise: naltrexone (u-opioid antagonist) can help with weight loss

Propofol, etomidate, ketamine, IV anesthetics

  • Ivy: IV anesthetics (e.g. propofol, etomidate, ketamine)

  • "Prospero…fall asleep!": propofol (IV anesthetic for induction and maintenance), lipophilic, rapid induction
  • "Introducing": propofol can be used for induction of anesthesia
  • "Maintain": propofol can be used for maintenance of anesthesia
  • Cab-A: propofol and etomidate potentiate chloride current through the GABAA receptor complex
  • Dilated sleeves and pants: propofol causes profound vasodilation (arterial and venous) -> hypotension

  • "Intimidator": etomidate (IV anesthetic for induction)
  • "Introducing": etomidate can be used for induction of anesthesia
  • Cab-A: propofol and etomidate potentiate chloride current through the GABAA receptor complex
  • Stabilized patient: etomidate preserves cardiovascular stability, minimum changes to BP, CO, HR

  • "snaKE TAMINg": ketamine (IV anesthetic for induction)
  • "Introducing": ketamine can be used for induction of anesthesia
  • Hitched nomadic camel: ketamine inhibits the NMDA receptor complex
  • Dissociative trance: ketamine causes "dissociative anesthesia" (eyes remain open with a slow nystagmic gaze)
  • colors, glasses, snake shadows: ketamine can cause unpleasant emergence reactions (e.g. vivid colorful dreams, hallucinations, out of body experiences)
  • Stimulated heart cobra: ketamine causes cardiovascular stimulation (e.g. increased blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac output)

  • Ben's diner: benzodiazepines (IV anesthetics used perioperatively)
  • Bowel water pump: benzodiazepines are used for conscious sedation for minor procedures (e.g. colonoscopy)
  • Barber: IV barbiturates (e.g. thiopental)
  • "Introducing": IV barbiturates (e.g. thiopental) can be used for induction of anesthesia
  • "The ol' quick shave": thiopental is a fast acting barbiturate (highly lipid soluble)

Inhaled Anesthetics, great for kids

  • Inhaled anesthetics, great for children
  • "laughing" girl: nitrous oxide (N2O - a gaseous anesthetic)
  • Air tank in water: volatile anesthetics (e.g. enflurane, isoflurane, halothane) are liquid at room temperature

  • Balloon flower: volatile anesthetics (e.g. enflurane, isoflurane, halothane) are fluorinated

Uptake from alveoli into circulation and distribution to tissues:

  • Impeded by ball pit: less soluble inhaled anesthetic (e.g. N2O)
  • Passed out earlier: less soluble inhaled anesthetics (e.g. N2O) have a faster onset of action, immediate saturation. Poor solubility: amt needed for saturation is small. Brain saturated very quickly
  • Immediate rescue: less soluble inhaled anesthetics (e.g. N2O) have a faster recovery
  • Moving freely in ball pit: highly soluble inhaled anesthetic (e.g. halothane) in blood
  • Passed out later: more soluble inhaled anesthetics (e.g. halothane) have a slower onset of action
  • Long tapering flag: more soluble inhaled anesthetics (e.g. halothane) have a longer duration of action

  • Partition>>>: higher blood:gas partition coefficient (e.g. halothane) -> higher solubility -> slower onset of action

  • Steeper arterial tension curve (e.g. N2O) -> lower blood:gas partition coefficient -> lower solubility -> faster onset of action. Partial pressure of N2O raises rapidly
  • Less steep arterial tension curve (e.g. halothane) -> higher blood:gas partition coefficient -> higher solubility -> slower onset of action

  • Mac and cheese: minimum alveolar concentration (MAC), percentage of anesthetics in inspired gas mixture that renders 50% pts unresponsible
  • 1 out of 2 kids unresponsive: MAC corresponds to the dose of anesthetic that causes 50% of patients to become unresponsive to painful stimuli, corresponds to ED50
  • Inverted bowl of potent mac and cheese: 1/MAC corresponds to the potency of an inhaled anesthetic. Lower the MAC, the more potent

  • Deflating heart balloon: inhaled anesthetics can cause myocardial depression (leading to decreased cardiac output and hypotension)
  • Deflating lung balloons: inhaled anesthetics can cause respiratory depression (leading to decreased minute ventilation and hypercapnia)
  • Red brain wig: fluorinated anesthetics increase cerebral blood flow (decrease cerebral vascular resistance), increases ICP

  • Cracked liver: halothane can be hepatotoxic (e.g. massive hepatic necrosis)

  • Smacked in the flank: enflurane can be nephrotoxic
  • Shaking: enflurane can induce seizures

  • Magnificent birthday: malignant hyperthermia (skeletal muscle hypersensitivity to volatile anesthetics), not N2O
  • "Sucks": succinylcholine (depolarizing muscle relaxant) can also causes malignant hyperthermia
  • Defective RYAN: malignant hyperthermia is related to a defect in ryanodine receptors (RyR) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • Flame theme: defective RyR release excess Ca2+ ->excessive ATP dependant uptake by the SR -> heat production
  • Bite out of muscle: excessive heat production and consumption of ATP induces muscle damage (e.g. rhabdomyolysis), can also present with tachy/hypertension after surgery

  • Trampoline: dantrolene (muscle relaxant) treats malignant hyperthermia
  • Blocking Ryan: dantrolene blocks ryanodine receptors