Opioid Facilitation of β-Adrenergic Blockade: A New Pharmacological Condition?

Recently, propranolol was suggested to prevent hyperlactatemia in a child with hypovolemic shock through β-adrenergic blockade. Though it is a known inhibitor of glycolysis, propranolol, outside this observation, has never been reported to fully protect against lactate overproduction. On the other h...

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Main Authors: Joseph Vamecq, Karine Mention-Mulliez, Francis Leclerc, Dries Dobbelaere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/8/4/664