Neuromuscular and cardiovascular depression produced by prolonged exposure to polymyxin b
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 25 (4) , 303-306
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03005653
Abstract
It has been reported previously that in cats pre-treatment for 24 to 48 hours with neomycin sulphate resulted in a change in the pattern of neuromuscular block subsequently produced with this antibiotic. The unique characteristics of neomycin-induced neuromuscular block observed during acute exposure gave way to a pattern of block usually observed with tubocurarine. In a similar experiment on six cats we have demonstrated that with polymyxin B prolonged exposure did not result in a comparable timedependent change in the nature of the neuromuscular block it produced, in terms of train-offour, tetanic, and post-tetanic behaviour of the neurally-elicited muscle response. The differing characteristics of neuromuscular block seen with various antibiotics, e.g. the aminoglycoside neomycin as opposed to the polypeptide polymyxin B, during acute and sub-chronic exposure is stressed. Previously observed ability of 4 aminopyridine 0.6 mg/kg to reverse the neuromuscular and cardiovascular depression during acute exposure to polymyxin B persisted in prolonged exposure. Flacke a démontré chez le chat, en 1972, que le bloc neuro-musculaire secondaire à ľadministration de néomycine changeait de caractère après 24 à 48 heures ďadministrations répétées du médicament, passant ďun bloc typique à la nèomycine à un bloc semblable à celui produit par la tubocurarine. Nous avons effectué une étude du même genre avec la polymyxine B, dans le but de vérifier si les caractéristiques du bloc se modifiaient après des doses répétées. Ľétude a porté sur le chat, six préparations animales étant utilisées. Le bloc produit par la polymyxine ne change pas avec le temps. Le temps de récupération augmente avec les doses successives. La 4-aminopyridine renverse ce bloc, de même que la dépression cardiovasculaire causée par le médicament. Ce bloc est done différent de celui secondaire à lanéomycine.Keywords
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