• J Pain · Jul 2011

    Synergistic interaction between intrathecal ginsenosides and morphine on formalin-induced nociception in rats.

    • Myung Ha Yoon, Kwang Soo Kim, Hyung Gon Lee, Chang Mo Kim, Woong Mo Kim, Jeong Il Choi, and Yeo Ok Kim.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University, Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. mhyoon@chonnam.ac.kr
    • J Pain. 2011 Jul 1;12(7):774-81.

    UnlabelledWe defined the nature of the pharmacological interaction between ginsenosides and morphine in a nociceptive state and clarified the role of the different types of opioid receptor in the effects of ginsenosides. An intrathecal catheter was placed in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Pain was induced by formalin injection into the hindpaw. Isobolographic analysis was used to evaluate drug interactions. Furthermore, a nonselective opioid receptor antagonist (naloxone), a μ opioid receptor antagonist (CTOP), a δ opioid receptor antagonist (naltrindole), and a κ opioid receptor antagonist (GNTI) were given intrathecally to verify the involvement of the opioid receptors in the antinociceptive effects of ginsenosides. Both ginsenosides and morphine produced antinociceptive effects in the formalin test. Isobolographic analysis revealed a synergistic interaction after intrathecal delivery of the ginsenosides-morphine mix. Intrathecal CTOP, naltrindole, and GNTI reversed the antinociceptive effects of ginsenosides. RT-PCR indicated that opioid receptors' mRNA was detected in spinal cord of naïve rats and the injection of formalin had no effect on the expression of opioid receptors' mRNA. Taken together, our results indicate synergistic antinociception following intrathecal coadministration of a ginsenosides/morphine mix in the formalin test, and that μ, δ, and κ opioid receptors are involved in the antinociceptive mechanism of ginsenosides.PerspectiveThis article concerns the antinociceptive activity of ginsenosides, which increases antinociception by morphine. Thus, a spinal combination of ginsenosides and morphine may be useful in the management of acute pain as well as facilitated state pain.Copyright © 2011 American Pain Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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