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In a randomized, prospective, double-blind trial we investigated the efficacy and safety of the benzodiazepine antagonist RO 15-1788 in 57 patients undergoing general surgery. Anesthesia was induced and maintained by a combination of Flunitrazepam-Fentanyl-Pancuronium. Inhalation anesthetics were excluded from the study. After reversal of any residual relaxant effect we titrated RO 15-1788 or placebo by repeated i.v. administration of 0.1 mg (= 1.0 ml) up to a maximum dosage of 1.0 mg or to a definite arousal reaction. Before as well as 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, and 120 min after injection of the trial substance we evaluated efficacy (sedation, comprehension and collaboration, orientation in time and space), presence of anterograde amnesia, side-effects, hemodynamics, and subjective patient assessment by a point scale. RO 15-1788 significantly improved the level of consciousness (P less than 0.005) at a dosage of 0.59 +/- 0.29 mg at 5, 15, 30, and 60 min after administration as well as orientation in time and space (P less than 0.005) after 30 min. There was significantly less anterograde amnesia (P less than 0.005) after 15, 30, and 60 min. Symptoms of a benzodiazepine rebound effect after 120 min indicate a short half-life time of RO 15-1788. We did not observe any hemodynamic side effects. Local tolerance was good. Side effects in terms of nausea (1 case), vomiting (4), euphoria or dysphoria (2), benign cardiac arrhythmias (1) or a state of excitation (1) occurred several times after RO 15-1788 as well as after placebo (nausea 2, vomiting 6, muscular tremor 1). Our results indicate the efficacy and safety of RO 15-1788.
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PMID:[Efficacy and safety of the benzodiazepine antagonist RO 15-1788]. 313 35

This study assesses the efficacy of epidural fentanyl in the relief of shaking associated with epidural analgesia. Fifty mothers whose shaking was sufficient to cause distress were divided randomly to receive either fentanyl 25 micrograms in 5 ml sterile normal saline or 5 ml of saline through their in-situ epidural. Shaking stopped within 15 minutes in 18 out of 25 (72%) of those given fentanyl but in only 4 out of 25 (16%) of the saline group and this is statistically significant (p less than 0.01). Fentanyl can be recommended in this context.
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PMID:Epidural fentanyl for shaking in obstetrics. 271 20

Serotonin syndrome (SS) is a potentially fatal condition associated with increased serotonergic activity in the central nervous system that can be attributed to certain drugs or interactions between drugs. There are some published articles reporting this syndrome caused by the combination of fentanyl and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants in adult patients; however, there are no reports of SS associated to the use of fentanyl as a single causative agent. The author reports a case of a 7-year-old boy who was admitted to the emergency department with neurological deterioration secondary to an intracerebral hemorrhage. The patient was operated to remove the bleeding. Postoperatively, he experienced a diversity of progressive neurological signs (shivering, tremor, hypertonia, hyperreflexia, clonus, bilateral mydriasis, and intracranial hypertension), which were initially considered to be signs of neurological deterioration, but finally, it was proved that they were part of a SS caused by fentanyl.The absence of concomitant use of another medications known to induce SS and the dramatic improving observed after stopping fentanyl strongly indicates that fentanyl was the causative agent in this case of SS.Fentanyl is a medication used frequently, and therefore, clinicians should be aware of this potential adverse effect when this drug is administered.
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PMID:Serotonin Syndrome Induced by Fentanyl in a Child: Case Report. 2636 64