Spinal analgesics.
The important issues to be emphasized when considering the intrathecal administration of novel analgesics are their proven antinociceptive effect, safety (short- and long-term effects on the spinal cord and potential toxicities), stability in shelf solution and at body temperature by itself, or in combination with other drugs in spinal fluid, compatibility with a long-term spinal infusion pump, whether they are of sufficiently high potency and solubility to be used in the finite volume of an implanted infusion pump, and if a pharmaceutical company is willing to invest the immense resources needed for US Food and Drug Administration approval and subsequent commercial development.
Nguyen
Hollie
H
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 442, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Garber
Jason E
JE
Hassenbusch
Samuel J
SJ
D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000700:Analgesics