Motor and Blood Pressure Effects of Epidural Sustained-Release Bupivacaine from Polymer Microspheres: A Dose-Response Study in Rabbits
Motor and Blood Pressure Effects of Epidural Sustained-Release Bupivacaine from Polymer Microspheres: A Dose-Response Study in Rabbits
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聚合物微球硬膜外缓释布比卡因对运动和血压的影响:兔子剂量反应研究
DOI:
10.1097/00000539-199509000-00016
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
R. Souron
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作者:
J. Malinovsky;J. Bernard;P. Le Corre;Jean;J. Lepage;R. Le Verge;R. Souron
The incorporation of local anesthetics into injectable polymer microspheres can be useful in providing prolonged regional effects.This randomized study was designed to compare the effects of bupivacaine and bupivacaine-loaded microspheres on the time course of motor block in rabbits injected epidurally. Bupivacaine-loaded microspheres and drug-free microspheres 1-10 micro meter in size were devised from poly-d,l-lactic acid by using a solvent evaporation/extraction method. The effects of bupivacaine and of similar amounts of bupivacaine-loaded microspheres were studied in 26 rabbits as follows: 0.9% sodium chloride, followed by drug-free microspheres, then 1.25 mg of bupivacaine and 1.25 mg of bupivacaine-loaded microspheres (Group I; n = 8); 2.5 mg of bupivacaine, then 2.5 mg of bupivacaine-loaded microspheres (Group II; n = 8); and 5 mg of bupivacaine and 5 mg of bupivacaine-loaded microspheres (Group III; n = 10). Motor block was evaluated blindly by observation of walking disturbances, using a scale from 0 (free movements) to 3 (total limb paralysis). A period of 3 days elapsed between each injection. No limitation on movements was observed after 0.9% sodium chloride and drug-free microsphere injection. With 5 mg, both bupivacaine solutions provided complete motor block which was significantly more prolonged (+244% +/- 129%, mean +/- SD) with bupivacaine-loaded microspheres than bupivacaine. With 2.5 and 1.25 mg, block intensity was less marked, and block duration was shorter after administration of bupivacaine-loaded microspheres than after bupivacaine. We concluded that blocks resulting from bupivacaine-loaded microspheres are highly influenced by the amount of drug initially released by the polymer. (Anesth Analg 1995;81:519-24)