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Dose ratio is important in maximizing naloxone enhancement of nalbuphine analgesia in humans.

Abstract：

:The analgesic effect of kappa partial agonist opioids (i.e. nalbuphine, pentazocine and butorphanol) is significantly greater in women. Recent evidence suggests that this sexual dimorphism may result from a naloxone-sensitive anti-analgesic effect that is activated along with, and summates with, the analgesic effect of these agents, resulting in decreased analgesia or increased pain. For example, nalbuphine (5 mg) produces profound anti-analgesia (i.e. enhanced pain) in men, but addition of a low dose of the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (0.4 mg, opioid antagonist) induces significant analgesia in men and enhances nalbuphine analgesia in women. To further delineate the dose-dependent relationship of nalbuphine and naloxone, we recently evaluated the effect of a lower dose of nalbuphine (2.5 mg) with and without naloxone (0.4 mg) on dental postoperative pain. In women, nalbuphine alone induced modest short duration analgesia, which was antagonized by the addition of naloxone. In men, this dose of nalbuphine alone did not produce analgesia or anti-analgesia, and naloxone did not alter the response to nalbuphine. Thus, it appeared that the 2.5 mg dose of nalbuphine was not sufficient to induce anti-analgesia while the 0.4 mg dose of naloxone was able to antagonize the analgesic effect of nalbuphine, at least in women. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that an important determinant of naloxone enhancement of nalbuphine analgesia is the dose ratio of nalbuphine to naloxone. Since a dose ratio of 12.5:1 (i.e. 5 mg nalbuphine:0.4 mg naloxone) resulted in analgesic enhancement, but a dose ratio of 6.25:1 (2.5 mg:0.4 mg) did not, we tested the same, lower, dose of nalbuphine (2.5 mg) in combination with a lower dose of naloxone (0.2 mg) to maintain the 12.5:1 dose ratio. This lower dose of naloxone significantly prolonged the analgesic effect of nalbuphine in both men and women, suggesting that the anti-analgesic effect of nalbuphine is present in both sexes at the 2.5 mg dose and that the dose ratio of nalbuphine to naloxone is an important determinant of the analgesic efficacy of this combination.

journal_name

Neurosci Lett

journal_title

Neuroscience letters

authors

Gear RW,Gordon NC,Miaskowski C,Paul SM,Heller PH,Levine JD

doi

10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00939-x

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subject

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pub_date

2003-11-06 00:00:00

pages

5-8

issue

eissn

0304-3940

issn

1872-7972

pii

S030439400300939X

journal_volume

351

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Dose ratio is important in maximizing naloxone enhancement of nalbuphine analgesia in humans.