The action is analgesic (opioid).
Refers to analgesics, agonists of opioid receptors.
The main mechanisms of the analgesic effect of opioid analgesics are realized at the level of the spinal cord, subcortical structures and the cerebral cortex.
I. Inhibition of pain impulses in the afferent ways of the CNS (impairment of the transfer of impulses from the end of the primary afferents to the intercalary neurons of the spinal cord).
As a result of blocking N-type calcium channels in the presynaptic endings of the axons of the primary afferents, the release of substance P and glutamate decreases, and the transmission of pain impulses to the intercalary neurons of the posterior horns of the spinal cord is impaired.
Due to post-synaptic stimulationopioid receptors is disrupted depolarization process is post-synapticth membrane and the activation of intercalary neurons under the influence of the mediator is inhibited. All this leads to a violation of transmission of pain impulses at the level of the spinal cord (spinal action).
II. Strengthening the inhibitory effect descending antinociceptive system to conduct painful impulses in the afferent pathways of the central nervous system.
When the opioid receptors are stimulated in the gray near-conductor substance and some other parts of the brain stem due to the inhibition of inhibitory GABAergic neurons, activation of the descending antinociceptive system, which inhibits the transmission of pain impulses along the afferent pathways of the spinal cord (supraspinal action), occurs. Descending inhibitory influences at the level of the spinal cord are carried out with the participation of serotonin and norepinephrine.
III. Changing the emotional assessment of pain: as a result of the action of narcotic analgesics in the higher departments of the central nervous system, the emotional assessment of pain changes, and its perception decreases (even if the feeling of pain persists, it worries the patient less).
Stimulation of opioid receptors in the gastrointestinal tract reduces motility of the gastrointestinal tract. The sphincters have no influence. Exciting the vegetative segment of the oculomotor nerve, causes miosis. Has an activating effect on the vomiting and depressing - on the cough centers. Possesses tocolytic action. Oppresses the respiratory center (much weaker than morphine).