title: Interaction of midazolam with two non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs in the rat in vivo sciatic nerve-tibialis anterior muscle preparation.
abstract: Studies of the possible interactions between the water-soluble benzodiazepine, midazolam, and two non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs, vecuronium and tubocurarine, were performed in the rat in vivo sciatic nerve-tibialis anterior muscle preparation. Midazolam 0.5 and 5 mg kg-1 caused 17% and 34% depression of the twitch height, respectively, once a steady-state blockade of the twitch height had been induced by vecuronium. The potentiation of the tubocurarine steady state blockade by midazolam 5 mg kg-1 was quantitatively equal to that of vecuronium, but was slower in onset. The buffer solvent of midazolam 5 mg kg-1 did not change the steady-state blockade of vecuronium. Midazolam 5 mg kg-1 caused a shift to the left of the cumulative dose-response curves of vecuronium.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Driessen
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Vree
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Egmond
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Booij
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Crul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D008874:Midazolam; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D008874:Midazolam