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QTc interval prolongation associated with intravenous methadone.

Abstract：

:Numerous medications prolong the rate-corrected QT (QTc) interval and induce arrhythmias by blocking ionic current through cardiac potassium channels composed of subunits expressed by the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG). Recent reports suggest that high doses of methadone cause torsades de pointes. To date, no controlled study has described an association between methadone and QTc prolongation. The only commercial formulation of parenteral methadone available in the United States contains the preservative chlorobutanol. The objectives of this study are to determine: (1) whether the administration of intravenous (i.v.) methadone causes QTc prolongation in humans; (2) whether methadone and/or chlorobutanol block cardiac HERG potassium currents (IHERG) in vitro. Over 20 months, we identified every inpatient with at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) performed on i.v. methadone. For each patient, we measured QTc intervals for every available ECG performed on and off i.v. methadone. Concurrent methadone doses were also recorded. Similar data were collected for a separate group of inpatients treated with i.v. morphine. In a separate set of experiments IHERG was evaluated in transfected human embryonic kidney cells exposed to increasing concentrations of methadone, chlorobutanol, and the two in combination. Mean difference (+/- standard error) per patient in QTc intervals on and off methadone was 41.7 (+/- 7.8)ms, p<0.0001. Mean difference in QTc intervals on and off morphine was 9.0 (+/- 6.1)ms, p=0.15. The approximately linear relationship between QTc measurements and log-dose of methadone was significant (p<0.0001). Methadone and chlorobutanol independently block IHERG in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 values of 20 +/- 2 microM and 4.4 +/- 0.3 mM, respectively. Chlorobutanol potentiates methadone's ability to block IHERG. Methadone in combination with chlorobutanol is associated with QTc interval prolongation. Our data strongly suggest that methadone in combination with chlorobutanol is associated with QTc interval prolongation.

journal_name

Pain

journal_title

Pain

authors

Kornick CA,Kilborn MJ,Santiago-Palma J,Schulman G,Thaler HT,Keefe DL,Katchman AN,Pezzullo JC,Ebert SN,Woosley RL,Payne R,Manfredi PL

doi

10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00205-7

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pub_date

2003-10-01 00:00:00

pages

499-506

issue

eissn

0304-3959

issn

1872-6623

pii

00006396-200310000-00013

journal_volume

105

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QTc interval prolongation associated with intravenous methadone.