De la metadona al LAAM: Nuevos perfiles terapéuticos. Utilidad de la monitorización terapéutica (MT)
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https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.566Palabras clave:
metadona, LAAM, niveles plasmáticos de metadona, farmacocinética, nuevos perfilesResumen
La introducción del LAAM en el tratamiento farmacológico de la dependencia a opiáceos, supone un avance importante, al poder diversificar el uso de opioides que hasta el momento, en nuestro país, se había reducido a la metadona. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido la identificación de nuevos perfiles de uso del LAAM , teniendo en cuenta aspectos farmacocinéticos y posibles interacciones con otros fármacos y apoyado por los resultados obtenidos sobre niveles plasmáticos de metadona y su posible aplicación al LAAM. En el momento actual, su perfil de uso sólo ha sido para pacientes en metadona estabilizados, con buena respuesta al tratamiento, y a los que se deseaba flexibilizar y espaciar la administración diaria . En este artículo se proponen otros perfiles de uso, tales como programas de alto umbral orientados al cambio con desintoxicación y posterior paso a programa libre de drogas y sobre todo pacientes en metadona que pierden estabilidad y presentan síndrome de abstinencia a opiáceos, con disminución de los niveles plasmáticos de metadona, debido a interacciones medicamentosas o a otros motivos. Será necesario realizar estudios con los perfiles propuestos, que amplíen el uso del LAAM para pacientes que tienen problemas con la metadona, como una alternativa terapeútica, complementada con la monitorización en plasma como un instrumento de ayuda y evaluación que mejore la eficacia de los mismos.Citas
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