title: The effects on hypercarbic ventilatory response of sameridine compared to morphine and placebo.
abstract: Sameridine, a novel molecule, has both local anesthetic and partial mu-opioid receptor properties. The aim of this single, blinded, randomized, four-way cross-over study was to investigate the hypercarbic ventilatory response (HCVR) in 12 healthy volunteers. A 20-min IV infusion of two doses of sameridine 0.15 mg/kg (S-Small) and 0.73 mg/kg (S-Large) were compared with 0.10 mg/kg of morphine and placebo. Ventilation was studied repeatedly for 2 h by pneumotachography and inline capnography. The hypercarbic ventilatory response was measured after addition of 4% CO(2) to inspired air until steady state. A visual analog scale followed sedation. After drug infusion there was a significant rightward shift (on average 4.5 mm Hg) of the ventilatory response curve (HCVR = Delta VE/Delta ETCO(2)) in the S-Large group. There were no changes of HCVR in the other groups. On a molar basis, the S-Large dose was 6.5 times the morphine dose, and such a dose would have been expected to cause a 12 mm Hg rightward shift. This discrepancy in effect is most likely a result of the partial mu-agonist effect of sameridine. Sedation was most pronounced after S-Large and morphine infusions. The authors concluded that a large IV dose of sameridine depressed the hypercarbic ventilatory response, whereas a smaller, clinical dose did not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Stockholm.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osterlund Modalen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arlander
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D006801:Humans; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*; D016037:Single-Blind Method
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D010880:Piperidines; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009020:Morphine; C113809:sameridine