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Antinociceptive activity of midazolam in sheep
Author(s) -
KYLES A.E.,
WATERMAN A.E.,
LIVINGSTON A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1365-2885
pISSN - 0140-7783
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2885.1995.tb00551.x
Subject(s) - midazolam , nociception , anesthesia , pharmacology , medicine , receptor , sedation
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of midazolam on the nociceptive threshold responses in sheep. The intravenous administration of midazolam (0. 1–0.3 mg/kg) produced a significant dose‐dependent elevation of the mechanical and thermal nociceptive thresholds. The intravenous administration of flumazenil (20 μg/kg) markedly attenuated the antinociceptive activity of midazolam in the mechanical nociceptive test, whereas intravenous naloxone (0.2 mg/kg) had no significant effect on midazolam‐mediated analgesia. The intrathecal administration of midazolam (1 mg), via chronically implanted cervical subarachnoid catheters, produced a significant elevation in the mechanical threshold responses. These results indicate that midazolam has antinociceptive actions in the sheep and suggest that this effect is, at least partially, mediated at the spinal level.