List of prodrugs
A prodrug is a chemical compound that, after administration, is metabolized (i.e. converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active substance.[1] Inactive prodrugs are pharmacologically inactive compounds that are metabolized into an active form within the body. Instead of administering a drug directly, a corresponding prodrug might be used instead to improve how a medicine is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted (ADME).
Prodrugs are often designed to improve bioavailability when a drug itself is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. A prodrug may be used to improve how selectively the drug interacts with cells or processes that are not its intended target. This reduces adverse or unintended effects of a drug.
Prodrugs may be subject to a rate-limiting step in the conversion from inactive to active substance: in which case, only the duration, and not the intensity of the effect increases. Additionally, they may display other differences relating to pharmacokinetic factors (i.e. how a substance is absorbed, distributed, metabolized and excreted) compared its nonprodrug form.[citation needed]
Examples of recreational psychoactive substances that act as prodrugs include GBL (prodrug for GHB), psilocybin (prodrug for psilocin), ALD-52 (prodrug for LSD).
List
Depressants
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- 1,4-BD (prodrug for 4-Acetoxybutaldehyde, which further metabolizes to GHB)
- 4-CMC (prodrug for 3-CMC with pronounced neurotoxic intermediate chemicals, such as expoxides)
- Arbaclofen placarbil (prodrug for R-baclofen)[2]
- Avizafone (prodrug for diazepam)
- Benzobarbital (prodrug for phenobarbital)[3][4]
- Carisoprodol (prodrug of meprobamate)
- Cloniprazepam (prodrug for clonazepam)
- Codeine (prodrug for morphine)
- Diazepam (prodrug for oxazepam, nordazepam and temazepam[5])
- Ethylmorphine (prodrug for morphine)[6]
- Gabapentin enacarbil (prodrug for gabapentin)
- GBL (prodrug for GHB, 4-Acetoxy Butanoate and EAB.[7]
- GBV (prodrug for GHV)
- Heroin (prodrug for morphine when taken orally)[8]
- Hydrocodone (prodrug for hydromorphone and norhydrocodone)
- Medazepam (prodrug for diazepam)
- Morphine (prodrug for codeine)[9]
- Oxazolam (prodrug for desmethyldiazepam)
- Oxycodone (prodrug for oxymorphone)[10]
- Pethidine (prodrug for norpethidine)[11]
- Rilmazafone (prodrug for Rilmazolam,[12] and CCRIS 1930.[13]
- Tramadol (prodrug for O-desmethyltramadol, N-desmethyltramadol)
- Temazepam (prodrug for oxazepam)[14]
Hallucinogens
Cannabinoids
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- THC (prodrug for 11-Hydroxy-THC, the primary metabolite in the human body)
- THC-O-acetate (prodrug for THC)
- THC-O-phosphate (prodrug for THC)
- 11-Hydroxy-THC (prodrug for 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC, the secondary metabolite in the human body)
Deliriants
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- Ibotenic acid (prodrug for muscimol)
Dissociatives
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- Dextromethorphan (prodrug for dextrorphan, intrinsically active)
- Ketamine (prodrug for norketamine)[15]
Psychedelics
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- 1A-LSD (prodrug for LSD)
- 1B-LSD (possible prodrug for LSD)
- 1P-ETH-LAD (suspected prodrug for ETH-LAD)
- 1P-LSD (prodrug for LSD)
- Bufotenin (prodrug for DMT)[16]
- DOB (suspected prodrug)[17]
- Ethocybin (prodrug for ethocin)
- HOT-2 (prodrug for 2C-T-2)
- HOT-7 (prodrug for 2C-T-7)
- MDA (prodrug for HHA)[18]
- MDMA (prodrug for MDA, THM, THMA and HHMA)[19]
- Noribogaine (prodrug for ibogaine)
- Norpsilocin (prodrug for psilocin)
- Psilacetin (suspected prodrug for psilocin)
- Psilocybin (prodrug for psilocin)
- ZDCM-04 (prodrug for DOC and caffeine)
Nootropics
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- 5-HTP (prodrug for serotonin)
- Adrafinil (prodrug for modafinil)
- Omberacetam (prodrug for cycloprolylglycine)
Stimulants
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- Adrafinil (prodrug for modafinil)
- Amfetaminil (prodrug for amphetamine)
- Benzphetamine (prodrug for amphetamine)
- Caffeine (prodrug for paraxanthine, theobromine, theophylline)
- Cocaine (prodrug for norcocaine)[20]
- Droxidopa (prodrug for norepinephrine (noradrenaline))
- Fencamine (prodrug for amphetamine and caffeine)
- L-DOPA (prodrug for dopamine)
- Levamisole (prodrug for aminorex)[21]
- Lisdexamphetamine (prodrug for dextroamphetamine)
- Nicotine (prodrug for cotinine)[22]
Miscellaneous
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- 5-MT (prodrug for bufotenin)[16]
- Etoperidone (prodrug for mCPP)[23]
- Melatonin (prodrug for 5-MT)[16]
- Naloxone (prodrug for α-naloxol)[24]
- Nefazodone (prodrug for mCPP)[25]
- Risperidone (prodrug for paliperidone)[26]
- Sertraline (prodrug for desmethylsertraline (DMS))
- Trazodone (prodrug for mCPP)[23]
- Selegiline (prodrug for Levomethamphetamine)[27]
See also
External links
References
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- ↑ Arbaclofen placarbil, a novel R-baclofen prodrug: improved absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination properties compared with R-baclofen. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19502531
- ↑ The advantages of benzonal as an inducer of the liver mono-oxygenase enzyme system compared to phenobarbital. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1305441
- ↑ Benzonal metabolism in guinea pigs. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2792358
- ↑ Deposition of diazepam and its metabolites in hair following a single dose of diazepam. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27534563
- ↑ Biotransformation and pharmacokinetics of ethylmorphine after a single oral dose. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7654478
- ↑ https://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/ghb.html#GHV
- ↑ Sawynok J (January 1986). "The therapeutic use of heroin: a review of the pharmacological literature". Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 64 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1139/y86-001. PMID 2420426.
- ↑ Morphine: pharmacokinetics and clinical practice. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2245160
- ↑ Development of a sensitive method for the determination of oxycodone and its major metabolites noroxycodone and oxymorphone in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26655109
- ↑ The excretion of pethidine and its derivatives (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1703639/
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- ↑ Metabolic profile of oxazepam and related benzodiazepines: clinical and forensic aspects. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28903606
- ↑ Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ei1edut0AqAC&pg=PA42&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Substrates, inducers, inhibitors and structure-activity relationships of human Cytochrome P450 2C9 and implications in drug development. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19515014
- ↑ https://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal062.shtml
- ↑ Effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and its main metabolites on cardiovascular function in conscious rats (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874698/
- ↑ Short-term effects of 2,4,5-trihydroxyamphetamine, 2,4,5-trihydroxymethamphetamine and 3,4-dihydroxymethamphetamine on central tryptophan hydroxylase activity. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8496826
- ↑ Major and minor metabolites of cocaine in human plasma following controlled subcutaneous cocaine administration. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17132243
- ↑ Determination of aminorex in human urine samples by GC-MS after use of levamisole. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21531521
- ↑ (S)-(-)-Cotinine, the major brain metabolite of nicotine, stimulates nicotinic receptors to evoke [3H]dopamine release from rat striatal slices in a calcium-dependent manner. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10027825
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Active drug metabolites. An overview of their relevance in clinical pharmacokinetics. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2861928
- ↑ Metabolites of naloxone in human urine. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5129377
- ↑ Atypical Psychotropic Agents | https://books.google.at/books?id=KfHEDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA460&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Comparative Pharmacology of Risperidone and Paliperidone. (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2861928
- ↑ Engberg, G. O. R. A. N., Elebring, T. H. O. M. A. S., & Nissbrandt, H. (1991). Deprenyl (selegiline), a selective MAO-B inhibitor with active metabolites; effects on locomotor activity, dopaminergic neurotransmission and firing rate of nigral dopamine neurons. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 259(2), 841-847.