Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy
2024 , Vol 28 , Issue 4
Studying the local anaesthetic effects of lidocaine, remifentanil (with and without adjuvants), and tramadol in rabbits
1Physiology, Biochemistry & Pharmacology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
DOI :
10.29228/jrp.794
Tramadol and remifentanil, which is an opioid analgesic are known to have a local anesthetic effect and
the present study aimed to evaluate the local anesthetic efficacy of them on twenty-five adult male rabbits Oryctolagus
cuniculus (aged between 10-12 months and weighing 1.5±0.08g) who were divided into five groups received the
following treatment subcutaneously for 5 days; G1: 5% Tramadol 15 mg/kg BW; G2: 2% Remifentanil 2 mg/kg BW; G3:
2% Lidocaine 4 mg/kg BW; G4: 2% Remifentanil with epinephrine 0.00l mg/kg BW; and G5:2% Remifentanil with
Carbopol gel 2 mg/kg BW. Baseline, pre-anesthetic, and post-anesthetic physiological parameters, including
temperature, respiratory rate, and heart rate, were meticulously recorded for all groups following local administration of
lidocaine, tramadol, and remifentanil. The results showed that tramadol caused a significant decrease in the temperature
while other groups showed non-significant effect, results also revealed that pain evaluation that performed according to
Grimace Scale scores and by the behavioral analysis of pain assessment elucidated that Lidocaine treatment group
showed a statistically significant lower pain response compared to the Tramadol and Remifentanil groups and further
significant improvement in pain were observed with the addition of epinephrine or Carbopol gel to Remifentanil. Both
combinations resulted in a statistically significant decrease in pain parameters for all measured features comparing with
Tramadol and Remifentanil groups and these results leads to conclude that tramadol and remifentanil showed a
comparable anaesthetic effect that improved significantly with epinephrine or carbopol gel as local anaesthetics that may
surpass lidocaine local anaesthetic effect significantly.
Keywords :
lidocaine; remifentanil; local anesthetics; tramadol; rabbits; adjuvants