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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 25(8): 849-52, 1992. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-113581

ABSTRACT

Canatoxin, a convulsant neurotoxin from the seeds of Canavalia ensiformis, induces lipoxygenase-dependent hypoxia in rats which is blocked by hexamethonium. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between canatoxin-induced hypoxia and bronchoconstriction. Since several effects of the toxin are very similar to those described for morphine and opioid-like peptides, the effects of opioid antagonists were also investigated. Pretreatment of male, adult Wistar rats (200-250 g) with cyproheptadine (80 ug/kg, ip, N=6) and isoproterenol (100 ug/kg, ip, N+6) partially blocked (% variation of pO2:CNTX alone: -26.67 ñ 2.56, N=6; with cyproheptadine: 16.15 ñ 2.97*, N=6; with isoproterenol: 17.73 ñ 1.93*, N=6; *P<0.05 as compared to CNTX alone) the hypoxia but no effect was observed with diphenhydramine (2 mg/kg, ip, N=6) or atrophine (2 mg/kg, ip, N=6). The hypoxemic effect of canatoxin (100 ug/kg iv 20 min, N=6) was also almost completely blocked with either naloxone (1 mg/kg, sc, N=6) or naltrexone (5 mg/kg, sc, N=6). The results presented here provide evidence suggesting that both opioid peptides and bronchoconstriction seem to play a role in the hypoxia caused by canatoxin


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Rats , Bronchi , Constriction , Convulsants , Hypoxia/chemically induced , Lipoxygenase , Opium/antagonists & inhibitors
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J. bras. urol ; 6(2): 156-62, abr.-jun. 1980. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-100105

ABSTRACT

O efeito analgésico e, em especial, a segurança da administraçäo intramuscular de100 mg de meptazionol foram avaliados em estudo aberto, em 42 pacientes portadores de dor intensa ou muito intensa, resultante de causas diversas, tanto clinicas como pós-cirúrgicas. Os resultados indicaram que meptazinol é um analgésico eficaz, com poucos e toleráveis efeitos secundários, sendo a vertigem/tontura o mais freqüente, com incidência de 23,8%. O alívio da dor instalou-se em período inferior a 30 minutos, sendo máximo até 2 horas após a medicaçäo e perdurando pelo tempo de observaçäo clíncia, que foi de 6 horas, em grau entre acentuado e completo. Em relaçäo a sinais vitais e sedaçäo, näo existiu diferença clínica entre o período pré-administraçäo e os períodos de observaçäo, salientando-se portanto, a segurança do emprego do meptazimol


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Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Humans , Male , Female , Meptazinol/therapeutic use , Opium/antagonists & inhibitors
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