• Pain Med · Nov 2017

    Hydrocodone is More Effective than Morphine or Oxycodone in Suppressing the Development of Burn-Induced Mechanical Allodynia.

    • Michael A Emery, Shawn BatesM LMLBehavioral and Cellular Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN), College Station, Texas, USA., Paul J Wellman, and Shoshana Eitan.
    • Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
    • Pain Med. 2017 Nov 1; 18 (11): 2170-2180.

    BackgroundPain is the most frequent complaint of burn-injured patients. Opioids are commonly used in the course of treatment. However, there is a lack of rodent studies that examine the differential effects of various opioids on burn pain.ObjectiveThis study compared the ability of morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone to suppress the development of burn-induced mechanical allodynia and reduce pain sensitivity.MethodsMice were examined for their baseline pain sensitivity thresholds using the von Frey Filaments test. Then, they were subjected to burn or sham injury and treated orally with morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (20 or 40 mg/kg), or saline twice daily throughout the study. They were retested on days 4, 7, 11, 14, 21, and 28 postburn.ResultsIn the sham animals, morphine produced significant opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). Development of OIH was minimal for hydrocodone and was not observed for oxycodone. Secondary mechanical allodynia was observed beginning four days after the burn injury and intensified with time. All opioids produced comparable antinociceptive effects. Hydrocodone was effective in suppressing the development of burn-induced mechanical allodynia and fully treated the burn-induced increase in pain sensitivity. In contrast, morphine and oxycodone had only minimal effects on the development of burn-induced mechanical allodynia and only partially treated the burn-induced increase in pain sensitivity.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that hydrocodone is effective in suppressing the development of burn-induced mechanical allodynia, while both morphine and oxycodone had minimal effects. These findings underscore the need for additional studies on the differences among various opioids using clinically relevant pain models.© 2017 American Academy of Pain Medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com

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