Methadone pharmacokinetics and interactions

Methadone pharmacokinetics and interactions

Episode 21 of Cracking Addiction explores methadone pharmacokinetics, breakdown and interactions within the body and interactions with other drugs.

Methadone is a drug with a wide variability in its absorption with oral bio-availability ranges from 35% to 100%. This is a significant amount of variability and explains why the same dose of Methadone can impact different patients differently.

Methadone is metabolised within the liver by the cytochrome P450 enzymes but mainly 3A4. There is a 17-fold inter-individual variation of methadone blood concentration for a given dosage and variations in metabolism account for a large part of this variation. Kinetic interactions influenced by the CYP 450 enzyme can affect plasma methadone levels.

• Inducers of CYP450 can

• Accelerate the metabolism of methadone

• lower methadone plasma levels

• Precipitate opioid withdrawal

• Inhibitors of CYP450 can

• Slow the metabolism of methadone

• Increase plasma levels

• Produce opioid toxicity (sedation, overdose)

Methadone is excreted renally with approximately 10% of drug renally eliminated unchanged. Renal excretion of methadone urinary pH dependent with increased Methadone excretion noted at pH less than 6 and decreased Methadone excretion at higher pH levels.

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