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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 39, 370-374, Copyright © 1992 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Interaction between succinylcholine and cimetidine in rats

Y Mishra and I Ramzan
Pharmacy Department, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The hypothesis that histamine H2 receptor blockade adversely affects neuromuscular function was tested, in vivo, in rats anaesthetised with urethane during mechanical pulmonary ventilation. Succinylcholine was administered as a bolus and constant-rate infusion to maintain 49.2% (+/- 1.5 SEM) twitch suppression in 19 rats. Cimetidine iv, 3.2, 7.5, 10, 17.8, 23.7, 31.6, or 56.2 mg.kg-1 was then administered in groups of two to three rats. Cimetidine produced an immediate potentiation of twitch suppression followed by a transient reversal and then a continued potentiation. Peak potentiation occurred within 19.0 (+/- 2.7) sec and was maintained in 11 rats at steady-state. Reversal was evident 4.1 (+/- 0.4) min after cimetidine administration. There was a good relationship between peak potentiation and serum cimetidine concentration with 50% potentiation occurring at 46.5 (+/- 4.6) micrograms.ml-1. Potentiation at steady-state was not correlated to serum cimetidine concentration but there was a weak relationship between reversal and serum cimetidine concentration. These results support reports from patients of an interaction between cimetidine and succinylcholine.


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