Analgesic and Antihyperalgesic Effects of Morphine and Buprenorphine

Summary

Tissue injury is associated with pain from the injured site (primary hyperalgesia) and pain from non-injured tissue in the vicinity of the trauma (secondary hyperalgesia). In the present study we investigate primary and secondary hyperalgesia in healthy volunteers following an experimental first degree burn injury. The objectives are: * to compare analgesic and anti-hyperalgesic effects of two opioids (morphine and buprenorphine). * to investigate if these effects are related to the volunteers individual pain sensitivity

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-10

Publications

• Background Koppert W, Ihmsen H, Korber N, Wehrfritz A, Sittl R, Schmelz M, Schuttler J. Different profiles of buprenorphine-induced analgesia and antihyperalgesia in a human pain model. Pain. 2005 Nov;118(1-2):15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.06.030. Epub 2005 Sep 9.
• Results Ravn P, Secher EL, Skram U, Therkildsen T, Christrup LL, Werner MU. Morphine- and buprenorphine-induced analgesia and antihyperalgesia in a human inflammatory pain model: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, five-arm crossover study. J Pain Res. 2013;6:23-38. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S36827. Epub 2013 Jan 9.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.