Dose-dependent opposite effects of gabapentin on the depressive action of morphine on a C-fibre reflex in the rat |
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Authors: | Pollin Bernard Roy-Ledoux Randy le Bars Daniel Adam Frédéric |
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Affiliation: | a Team “Pain”, INSERM UMRS 975, CNRS UMR 7225, Paris, France b Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine, UPMC, Paris, France c Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
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Abstract: | Gabapentin is a structural analogue of gamma-amino-butyric acid with anticonvulsant activity. Recently, indications for its use were extended to the management of acute pain in the postoperative period. The effects of pre-administration of gabapentin on the depressive action of intravenous morphine were studied on the C-fibre reflex elicited by a wide range of stimulus intensities.The reflex was elicited by electrical stimulation of the sural nerve and recorded from the ipsilateral biceps femoris muscle in halothane anaesthetized rats with either an intact neuraxis or a brainstem previously transected at the level of the obex.As previously reported, 6 mg/kg intravenous morphine both increased the threshold and decreased the slope of the stimulus-response recruitment curve. The C-fibre reflex was not modified following intravenous gabapentin. Gabapentin pre-treatment at lower doses (0.01-7.5 mg/kg) not only antagonized the depressive effect of morphine, but caused facilitation of the reflex. At higher doses (10-50 mg/kg), gabapentin pre-treatment potentiated the depressive effect of morphine. In obex-transected rats, the facilitation of the C-fibre reflex, seen following 1 mg/kg gabapentin and 6 mg/kg morphine, disappeared and was replaced by a strong reinforcement of the depressive effect of morphine.It is concluded that a strong synergy between the effects of gabapentin and morphine can be seen at the spinal level. However, radically opposite effects with supraspinal origins thwart this mechanism. From the clinical standpoint, these results incite cautiousness in the use of combinations of gabapentin and opioids. |
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Keywords: | C-fibre reflex Gabapentin Morphine Obex transaction Facilitation Analgesia |
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