Abstract
Opioid supplements are often required in total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA). Most ϰ-opiate receptors are found in the spinal cord, wherea μ-opiate receptors are widespread throughout the brain and spinal cord. Buprenorphine has a strong μ-action with a minute ϰ-action, while eptazocine stimulates ϰ-receptors only. From these, epidural eptazocine is expected to exert strong spinal analgesia by ϰ-stimulation without μ-action, which produces circulatory and respiratory depression. Therefore, the clinical effects of epidural opioids on circulation, respiration, and analgesia were compared. Continuous epidural administration of eptazocine or buprenorphine was combined with TIVA in patients scheduled for elective abdominal surgery. Epidural opioid administration was continued throughout and for 72h after anesthesia. A significant analgesic effect (P<0.01) of epidural eptazocine without circulatory and respiratory depression was observed. With epidural buprenorphine, circulatory and respiratory depression during and immediately after anesthesia were significant (P<0.05). These results suggest that medullary μ-stimulation by an epidural opioid induces circulatory (hypervagotonicity and hypervagosensitivity) and respiratory depression, while ϰ-stimulation produces only minimal effects on circulatory and respiratory systems.
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Aida, S., Baba, H. & Shimoji, K. Comparison of circulatory and respiratory responses between supplementary epidural buprenorphine and eptazocine administration during and immediately after total intravenous anesthesia. J Anesth 11, 94–99 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480068
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