Drug extension

The removal of the Af-methyl group to give normorphine allows a series of alkyl chains to be built on the basic centre. These results are discussed under drug extension since the results obtained are more relevant under that heading. 

This is a reasonable assumption since it is highly unlikely that a compound such as morphine (which is produced in a plant) would be the perfect binding substrate for a receptor in the human brain 

To conclude, the size and nature of the group on the nitrogen is important to the activity spectrum. 

Drug extension can lead to better binding by making use of additional binding interactions. 

Before leaving this subject, it is worth describing another series of important results arising from varying substituents on the nitrogen atom. Spectacular results were obtained when an allyl group or a cyclopropylmethylene group were attached (Fig. 

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Drugs that may be affected by duloxetine include drugs extensively metabolized by CYP2D6 (eg, flecainide, phenothiazines, propafenone, tricyclic antidepressants, thioridazine), alcohol, CNS-acting drugs, MAOIs, and drugs highly bound to plasma proteins (eg, warfarin). 

An understandable reluctance to test drugs extensively in children means that reliable information is often lacking. Many drugs do not have a licence to be used for children, and their prescription must be off licence, a practice that is recognised as necessary, if not actually promoted, by the UK drug regulatory authorities. 

Since a ketone group has been introduced, it is now possible to try the strategy of drug extension, this time by adding various groups to the ketone via a Grignard reaction (Fig. 12.28). 

The theory also fails to include the extra binding site which was discovered by drug extension. This fact can easily be fitted into the theory, but other anomalies exist which have already been discussed (e.g. the different results obtained for meperidine compared to morphine when a substituent such as the allyl group is attached to nitrogen). 

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Older medications, such as the barbiturates, are used as sedative-hypnotics, but toxicity limits their widespread use. For example, they can cause significant central nervous system (CNS) depression, physical dependence, and tolerance. Additionally, they are potent inducers of liver enzymes, which can lead to clinically significant drug interactions when these medications are administered with other drugs extensively metabolized by the liver. 

Even though many new developments are being made in the area of classical bronchodllator drugs, extensive efforts are also be-... 

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