Exploring Multitarget Interactions to Reduce Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome and Psychiatric Comorbidity
摘要:
Opioid addiction is often characterized as a chronic relapsing condition due to the severe somatic and behavioral signs, associated with depressive disorders, triggered by opiate withdrawal. Since prolonged abstinence remains a major challenge, our interest has been addressed to such objective. Exploring multitarget interactions, the present investigation suggests that 3 or its (S)-enantiomer and 4, endowed with effective alpha(2C)-AR agonism/alpha(2A)-AR antagonism/5-HT1A-R agonism, or 7 and 9-11 producing efficacious alpha(2C)-AR agonism/alpha(2A)-AR antagonism/I-2-IBS interaction might represent novel multifunctional tools potentially useful for reducing withdrawal syndrome and associated depression. Such agents, lacking in sedative side effects due to their alpha(2A)-AR antagonism, might afford an improvement over current therapies with clonidine-like drugs.
Opioid addiction is often characterized as a chronic relapsing condition due to the severe somatic and behavioral signs, associated with depressive disorders, triggered by opiate withdrawal. Since prolonged abstinence remains a major challenge, our interest has been addressed to such objective. Exploring multitarget interactions, the present investigation suggests that 3 or its (S)-enantiomer and 4, endowed with effective alpha(2C)-AR agonism/alpha(2A)-AR antagonism/5-HT1A-R agonism, or 7 and 9-11 producing efficacious alpha(2C)-AR agonism/alpha(2A)-AR antagonism/I-2-IBS interaction might represent novel multifunctional tools potentially useful for reducing withdrawal syndrome and associated depression. Such agents, lacking in sedative side effects due to their alpha(2A)-AR antagonism, might afford an improvement over current therapies with clonidine-like drugs.