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  • Title: Synergistic interaction of morphine and halothane in the guinea pig ileum.
    Author: Puig MM, Warner W, Tang CK, Lovitz M, Turndorf H.
    Journal: Anesthesiology; 1988 Apr; 68(4):559-62. PubMed ID: 3354893.
    Abstract:
    The present study describes the effects of halothane on morphine activity in the myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle preparation of the guinea pig ileum. Morphine and halothane produced a dose-related inhibition of the electrically induced muscle contractions with IC50 of 1.9 X 10(-7) and 1.7 V/V%, respectively. The effects of morphine, but not halothane, were antagonized by naloxone. The IC50 of morphine was decreased in the presence of halothane (0.8-3.0 V/V%). Hill coefficients derived from dose-response curves were less than one for morphine or halothane alone, while it was 1.4 for the combination. The pA2 values (a measure of affinity of the antagonist for the opioid receptor) for naloxone in the absence and presence of halothane (1.6%) were 9.4 and 9.1, respectively. These results indicate that 1) halothane increases the potency of morphine in the guinea pig ileum at clinically relevant concentrations, 2) the interaction between the agents is synergistic, and 3) halothane does not modify the binding of naloxone to opioid receptors, but may affect membrane or intracellular processing of the receptor signal.
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