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Evaluation of analgesic effects by hot
plate apparatus
Dr. Mahmood Salim
Pain “An unpleasant emotional experience usually initiated by
noxious stimulus and transmitted over a specialized neural network to the
CNS”
The word pain is derived from the
Latin word Peone
Greek word Poine
meaning penalty or punishment
Cross Roads for transmission of pain and its response by the body:
 Receptors - free nerve endings
Electro-chemical transmission
Synapse in the spinal cord - convergence
Ascent in the spinal cord to pain receiving areas in the
brain
 Facilitatory/Inhibitory neurons
Motor response
Initiation of the response Algesic ( pain producing ) Substances:
BK - Bradykinin
 5-HT - Serotonin
H+ Acidic substance
 PgE – Prostaglandins
 SP - Substance P
 Pain Fiber:
*C fiber
*A δ fiber
The purpose of pain:
protective mechanism
 A signal of a disease.
 Occurs whenever any tissue is being damaged.
 Helps in detection, localization and identification of tissue damage.
 Causes the individual to react to remove the pain stimulus.
Mechanism
Fast
Pain:
*Sharp/Prick/acute/electric pain.
*Within millisecond.
*Not felt in the deeper tissues of
the body.
Types of Pain
Slow Pain:
*Burning/aching/throbbing/nauseating.
*Can be excruciating.
*Can occur in both skin and deeper
tissues.
The non – pharmacological management involves the following
approaches
• Physiotherapy
• Psychological techniques
•Stimulation therapies – Acupuncture & Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS)
•Palliative care – involves the alleviation of symptoms but does not cure
the disease.
Pharmacological medications
 Non-Narcotics or NSAIDs oral / local
 Narcotics (IM, IV, SC, PCA intrathecal, epidural)
 Local anesthetics (combination of local anesthetic & narcotics)
 Psychotherapeutic approaches (Anxiolytic, biofeedback, relaxation).
 Anticonvulsant therapy.
Evaluation of Analgesic
effect
Principle:
Pain is induced to a suitable animal and the response of the
animal to the painful stimuli is recorded before and after
administration of drugs. Analgesics drugs inhibit the
perception (sensation) of the pain.
Two types of acute pain Superficial- Fast response
Deep - Slow
response
Requirements
• Animal: Mouse or Rat
• Instrument: Hot Plate Analgesiometer
• Painful Stimulus: Heat (550 C)
• Drug used: Morphine 1-2 mg/kg, i.p
Pentazocine 20mg/kg, i.p
Procedure
1. Weigh and mark the rats
2. Place the animals on the hot plate
3. Observe the basal reaction time (paw licking or jumping
response)with a constant temperature (55 ͦ C)
4. Inject Morphine sulphate (5mg/kg), I.P
5. Note down the reaction period at different time intervals
(30, 60 and 120 min)
6. Observations note down in the table
Procedure
• In this model prior to the experiment the hot plate was set for a
temperature 550 C. Weight animal and number the rat. Take the basal
reaction time by observing hind paw licking or jump response
(whichever appears 1st) in animal when placed on hot plate. Normally an
animal shows such response in 6-8 seconds.
• A cut off period of 15 sec is observed to avoid damage to paws.
• Inject Pentazocine to the animals 30 minutes prior to the recording the
response.
The time for licking paws or jumping in hot plate was recorded as a
response, prior and 0, 30, 60, 90, 120 min after administration of the drug.
As the reaction time increased with Pentazocine, 15 seconds is taken as
maximum analgesia and the animals are removed from the hot to avoid
injury to the paws.
• Calculate percentage increase in reaction time (as index of analgesia) at
each time interval.
Observation Table
S.No. Drug
Treatmen
t dose
Time in
(min)
Basal reaction
time
(sec)
Reaction time
(sec)
after drug
administration
Paw
licking
Jump
response
Paw
licking
Paw
licking
1. Pentazocine
20mg/kg,ip
30 2 4 7 >10
2. 60 2 4 6 >10
3. 90 2 4 6 >10
4. 120 2 4 5 9
5.
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