British journal of pharmacology
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1. The anaesthetic, cardiovascular, respiratory and adverse effects produced by the intravenous injection of CT 1341, thiopentone, methohexitone, pentobarbitone, propanidid and ketamine have been compared in unrestrained cats prepared with chronically implanted venous and arterial cannulae. Aortic blood pressure and heart rates were monitored before, during and after loss of consciousness.2. ⋯ Induction was slower after small doses and these produced circulatory stimulation, catatonia and bizarre behavioural effects. Large doses caused respiratory and circulatory depression and recovery was protracted.6. It is concluded that CT 1341 has a wider therapeutic latitude, produces less respiratory depression and has other advantages over the currently used intravenous anaesthetics.
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1. The duration of the effect of a single large dose of hyoscine, in reducing the salivary response of mice to pilocarpine, was established as less than 66 hours.2. Supersensitivity was observed, after daily oral dosing with hyoscine, in the increased salivation of mice in response to pilocarpine injected at least 66 h after withdrawing hyoscine.3. ⋯ The period after withdrawal for which supersensitivity could be detected was 6 days.5. The maximum salivary response to pilocarpine was increased by chronic hyoscine pretreatment.6. The antagonism of a single dose of hyoscine to pilocarpine salivation, as expressed by the dose-ratio of pilocarpine, was not altered by chronic hyoscine pre-treatment.