Functional interference of dexamethasone on some morphine effects: Hypothesis for the steroid-opioid interaction

Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-150

  Capasso, Anna ^a   Loizzo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Gastrointestinal transit and analgesia; Morphine; Transmurally stimulated guinea pig ileum preparation

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; ATROPINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DELTORPHIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; MIFEPRISTONE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; OPIATE; STEROID; VERAPAMIL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HYPOTHESIS; ILEUM; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUSCLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; ILEUM; MALE; MICE; MIFEPRISTONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 49149086441     PISSN: 15748898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488908784534612     Document Type: Article

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