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Oxymorphone

羥二氫嗎啡酮

Mechanism of action:

Oxymorphone 是一種鴉片類藥物(opioid),屬於半合成嗎啡喃(semi-synthetic morphinan)衍生物。Oxymorphone 主要作用於 μ-阿片受體(μ-opioid receptor),藉由 Gi/o 蛋白偶聯,抑制腺苷酸環化酶(adenylate cyclase),降低 cAMP 生成,抑制突觸前的電壓門控鈣離子通道(voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channel),阻止鈣離子內流,減少麩胺酸(glutamate)、P 物質(substance P) 等疼痛相關神經傳導物質的釋放;同時,活化突觸後的鉀離子通道(K⁺ channel),促進鉀離子外流,導致神經元超極化(hyperpolarization)。

​Reference(s):

1. Spetea M et al. (1998). Affinity profiles of novel delta-receptor selective benzofuran derivatives of non-peptide opioids. Neurochem Res. 


2. Lemberg KK et al. (2006). Antinociception by spinal and systemic oxycodone: why does the route make a difference? In vitro and in vivo studies in rats. Anesthesiology.

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