Opioid Tolerance and Opioid- Induced Hyperalgesia David J. Clark

Chronic Opioid Use: Long-Term Difficulties Loss of Effect Advancing disease Analgesic tolerance Hyperalgesia Creation of Problems Side Effects –CNS –Gastrointestinal –Sweating Physical Dependence Abuse, Addiction

Opioid Tolerance (Does it matter?) Tolerance is relevant? –Clinicians Bhamb et al. 2006, 61% of primary care physicians concerned about tolerance occurring when managing chronic pain –Researchers, Clinical and Basic (~5500 publications, key words “opioid tolerance”) –Drug manufacturers, “Black Box” warnings Tolerance is irrelevant? “Pharmacological tolerance is not a significant determinant of opioid dosing requirements.” South and Smith, 2001 “ In terms of analgesic efficacy, clinically significant tolerance does not seem to be an issue for acute or cancer pain or in most patients with chronic pain.” Auret and Schug, 2005

Analgesic Tolerance vs. Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia

Analgesic Tolerance Pharmacokinetic etiologies –Quantities and ratios of morphine and major metabolites (M6G, M3G) Pharmacodynamic etiologies –Receptor density, efficiency –Second messenger system alterations –Target “effector” molecule alterations –Diminished activity of antinociceptive circuits –Enhanced activity of pronociceptive circuits

Human Opioid Tolerance (Direct Studies, Chronic) Athanasos et al. 2006

Human Opioid Tolerance (Direct Studies, Chronic) Chu et al., 2006

Human Opioid Tolerance (Direct Studies, Acute) Vinik et al Model: Cold Pressor

Human Opioid Tolerance (Direct Studies, Acute) Gustorff et al., Anesth Analg 2002

Human Opioid Tolerance (Indirect Studies) Rapp et al Control/180 CPOC patients having surgery Average CPOC pre-op daily parenteral morphine equivalent use 12.7mg Average Daily PCA Morphine ControlCPOC 42.8mg135.8mg CPOC pain scores were worse despite larger morphine use. Greater side effects including sedation (50%) in CPOC group On-service approximately 3 times as long

Human Opioid Tolerance (Indirect Studies) de Leon-Casasola et al., Control, 17 CPOC patients having major surgery Average pre-op opioid use 183mg Epidural bupivacaine/morphine post-op management Total epidural MSO4: 137 vs. 44mg(CPOC vs. Control) Total IV breakthrough:48 vs. 10mg Length of therapy:218 vs. 76 hrs

Human Opioid Tolerance (Indirect Studies) Supporting Crawford et al –Remifentanil vs. Morphine Guignard et al –Remifentanil Chia et al –Fentanyl Cooper et al –Intrathecal fentanyl Refuting Cortinez et al –Remifentanil Hansen et al –Remifentanil/Epidural –Higher 2 hr pain scores Intraoperative opioid administration versus postoperative opioid consumption

Human Opioid Tolerance (Indirect Studies) Rainov et al., 2001 Intrathecal morphine dose escalation in patients with FBSS

Human Opioid Tolerance (Indirect Studies) Milligan et al., 2001 Fentanyl dose escalation in patients with chronic non-malignant pain

Opioid Dose Escalation and Tolerance (Factors Involved) Increasing Doses Advancing disease Tolerance Hyperalgesia Limiting Doses Better controlled pain Side effects Lack of efficacy Fear of addiction Cost Stigmatization

Tolerance vs. Hyperalgesia

“ when dependence on opioids finally becomes an illness of itself, opposite effects like restlessness, sleep disturbance, hyperasthesia, neuralgia and irritability become manifest” Rossbach, Pflugers Archieve 1880 Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia (Historical perspective)

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Chronic) Doverty et al., 2001

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Chronic) Chu, Clark and Angst; J Pain 2006

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Acute) Koppert et al Remi (30min) Model: Electrical Pain/Hyperalgesia

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Acute) Hood et al Model: Heat/Capsaicin

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Acute) Compton, Journal of Pain 2003

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Acute) Angst et al., Pain 2003

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Chronic) Galer et al., 2005

Opioid-Related Hyperalgesia (Direct Studies, Acute) Koppert et al., 2006

Tolerance and Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia: What should we do in clinic? Inform: –Tolerance and hyperalgesia may reduce the efficacy of therapy. –More pain might be experienced during or after surgical procedures. Follow: –Pain control, dose escalation –Distribution of pain Consider: –Detoxification in certain circumstances

Perioperative Management of Opioid Consuming Patients Preoperative –Identify, quantify, stabilize, collaborate Intraoperative –Opioids: doses, short versus long acting –Adjuvants: NSAIDS, ketamine, alpha-2, etc. –Regional anesthesia Postoperative –Opioids, adjuvants, regional analgesia –Transition planning

Tolerance and Opioid Related Hyperalgesia: Perioperative Management 1.Carroll, I.R., M.S. Angst, and J.D. Clark, Management of perioperative pain in patients chronically consuming opioids. Reg Anesth Pain Med, (6): p de Leon-Casasola, O.A., Cellular mechanisms of opioid tolerance and the clinical approach to the opioid tolerant patient in the post-operative period. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol, (4): p Mitra, S. and R.S. Sinatra, Perioperative management of acute pain in the opioid-dependent patient. Anesthesiology, (1): p

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