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. 1978 Feb 4;53(5):179-80.

Failure of naloxone to reverse peripheral transcutaneous electro-analgesia in patients suffering from acute trauma

C J Woolf, D Mitchell, R A Myers, G D Barrett
  • PMID: 653499

Failure of naloxone to reverse peripheral transcutaneous electro-analgesia in patients suffering from acute trauma

C J Woolf et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the intercostal nerves innervating the site of fractured ribs in 6 patients produced subjective and clinical evidence of decrease in the pain experienced by the patients. This analgesia was not significantly modified by naloxone, a pure narcotic antagonist. The possible role of endogenous morphine-like substances in peripheral electro-analgesia in man is discussed.

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