• Pharmacol Rep · Apr 2014

    Enhancement of antinociceptive effect of morphine by antidepressants in diabetic neuropathic pain model.

    • Krystyna Cegielska-Perun, Magdalena Bujalska-Zadrożny, Emilia Gąsińska, and Helena Elżbieta Makulska-Nowak.
    • Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: kcegielska@wum.edu.pl.
    • Pharmacol Rep. 2014 Apr 1; 66 (2): 228-34.

    BackgroundRecent studies have shown that influence of antidepressants on analgesic action of opioids is heterogeneous. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute and repeated (21 days) antidepressant (amitriptyline, moclobemide and reboxetine) treatment on the antinociceptive action of morphine, an opioid agonist, in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced neuropathic pain model.MethodsThe studies were performed on the male Wistar rats. The changes in nociceptive thresholds were determined by using mechanical stimuli (the Randall-Selitto and the von Frey tests). Diabetes was induced by intramuscular administration of STZ.ResultsIn this work we report that acute as well as repeated per os administration of antidepressants (amitriptyline, moclobemide and reboxetine) significantly potentiated the antihyperalgesic effect of morphine in STZ-induced neuropathic pain model.ConclusionCombination therapy, such as classical antidepressants (amitriptyline, moclobemide) with opioids, or agents with noradrenaline reuptake inhibition and μ-opioid receptor activation could be a new target for research into treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.Copyright © 2014 Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.

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