Pharmacokinetics and -dynamics of intramuscular and intranasal naloxone: an explorative study in healthy volunteers

Autor: Trond Sand, Ida Tylleskar, Øyvind Salvesen, Turid Nilsen, Ola Dale, Arne Kristian Skulberg, Sissel Skarra, Thorsteinn Loftsson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Popis: This study aimed to develop a model for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies of naloxone antagonism under steady-state opioid agonism and to compare a high-concentration/low-volume intranasal naloxone formulation 8 mg/ml to intramuscular 0.8 mg. Two-way crossover in 12 healthy volunteers receiving naloxone while receiving remifentanil by a target-controlled infusion for 102 min. The group were subdivided into three different doses of remifentanil. Blood samples for serum naloxone concentrations, pupillometry and heat pain threshold were measured. The relative bioavailability of intranasal to intramuscular naloxone was 0.75. Pupillometry showed difference in antagonism; the effect was significant in the data set as a whole (p
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