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Papers: 11 May 2019 - 17 May 2019


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2019 Aug


Anesthesiology


131


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Dextromethorphan Analgesia in a Human Experimental Model of Hyperalgesia.

Authors

Martin E, Narjoz C, Decleves X, Labat L, Lambert C, Loriot M-A, Ducheix G, Dualé C, Pereira B, Pickering G
Anesthesiology. 2019 Aug; 131(2):356-368.
PMID: 31094746.

Abstract

Neuropathic pain, which presents abnormal pain manifestations including allodynia and hyperalgesia, is associated with central sensitization involving N-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsIn the freeze-injury hyperalgesia model, a cold burn leads to development of both primary hyperalgesia and secondary hyperalgesia, which develops away from the site of injury without apparent tissue modification, and is associated with central sensitization and activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the spinal cordDextromethorphan, which is an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is antihyperalgesic in preclinical pain models WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW: Using the freeze-injury pain model in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of 30-mg doses of oral dextromethorphan in 20 male volunteers, dextromethorphan was antihyperalgesic and reversed peripheral and central neuronal sensitizationBecause dextromethorphan had no intrinsic antinociceptive effect in acute pain on healthy skin, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors may need to be sensitized by pain for dextromethorphan to be effective BACKGROUND:: Central pain sensitization is often refractory to drug treatment. Dextromethorphan, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is antihyperalgesic in preclinical pain models. The hypothesis is that dextromethorphan is also antihyperalgesic in humans.