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Effect of nizatidine and ranitidine on the D-tubocurarine neuromuscular blockade in the toad rectus abdominis muscle.

The influence of varying concentrations of the H2-receptor antagonists nizatidine and ranitidine on the acetylcholine- and carbachol-induced contractures on the toad rectus abdominis muscle, as well as the possible interaction between the above H2-receptor antagonists and D-tubocurarine were studied. Nizatidine and ranitidine at a concentration of 3.2 x 10(-4) mol l-1 augmented, and at 3.2 x 10(-3) mol l-1 inhibited, the acetylcholine-induced contractures on the toad rectus abdominis muscle, while at concentrations from 3.2 x 10(-4) to 3.2 x 10(-3) mol l-1 they inhibited the carbachol-induced contractures, in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, nizatidine and ranitidine at a concentration of 3.2 x 10(-4) mol l-1 reversed the D-tubocurarine blocking activity on the acetylcholine-induced contractures, but at a concentration of 3.2 x 10(-3) mol l-1 they augmented it. These findings provide evidence that the above H2-receptor antagonists produce either cholinesterase inhibition or neuromuscular blockade, depending on their concentration. Thus, the D-tubocurarine neuromuscular blocking activity is potentiated at high concentrations of nizatidine and ranitidine, while it is reversed at lower ones.[1]

References

  1. Effect of nizatidine and ranitidine on the D-tubocurarine neuromuscular blockade in the toad rectus abdominis muscle. Kounenis, G., Koutsoviti-Papadopoulou, M., Elezoglou, V. Pharmacol. Res. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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