Acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and morphine inhibit behavioral responses to intrathecally administered substance P or capsaicin.
Intrathecally administered substance P (SP) or capsaicin in mice elicited a pain-related behavioral response consisting of vigorous biting, licking and scratching of the caudal part of the body. Pretreatment of the animals with intraperitoneally injected acetylsalicylic acid (300 and 400 mg/kg), paracetamol (300 and 400 mg/kg) and morphine (2.5 and 5 mg/kg) reduced the responses in a dose-dependent manner. The analgesia is probably mediated by inhibition of a postsynaptic SP sensitive mechanism. Thus these results demonstrate central antinociceptive effects of acetylsalicylic acid and paracetamol.
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D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010146:Pain; D013373:Substance P / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013373:Substance P; D000082:Acetaminophen; D009020:Morphine; D001241:Aspirin; D002211:Capsaicin