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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
An investigation was made of the analgesic effects of the subcutaneous coadministration of fentanyl, an opioid mu-agonist (15 micrograms/kg), clonidine, an alpha 2-agonist (100 micrograms/kg), and verapamil, a calcium channel blocker (10 mg/kg) in rats. Nociceptive sensitivity was assessed with hot-plate and tail-flick techniques. None of the three drugs alone was associated with appreciable analgesic effects in the doses used. The simultaneous administration of the three drugs resulted in marked analgesia superior to that of all binary combinations of these drugs. Two-way analysis of variance showed statistically significant differences in hot-plate and tail-flick latencies after drug treatments (P less than 0.001). The significant differences in the area under the time-response curve values (P less than 0.001) might indicate not only an increased analgesic effect, but also a prolongation of antinociception. These results suggest the existence of hitherto unreported interactions between drugs involved in the production of analgesia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
284-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancement of fentanyl analgesia by clonidine plus verapamil in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Health Visitors, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article