Mepivacaine: its pharmacological effects and their relationship to analytical findings in the horse.
J Vet Pharmacol Ther
; 22(2): 107-21, 1999 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Mepivacaine is a local anaesthetic drug that is widely used in equine medicine and is classified by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) as a Class 2 foreign substance that may cause regulators to impose significant penalties if residues are identified in post-race urine samples. Therefore, an analytical/pharmacological database was developed for this agent and its metabolites. Using an abaxial sesamoid local anaesthetic model, it was determined that the highest no-effect dose (HNED) for its local anaesthetic effect was 2 mg. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) screening, it was determined that subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of the HNED of mepivacaine to eight horses yielded a peak urinary concentration of apparent mepivacaine of 63 ng/mL 2 h after injection. The major identified metabolite recovered from equine urine after dosing with mepivacaine is 3-hydroxymepivacaine. Therefore, 3-hydroxymepivacaine was synthesized, purified and characterized, and a quantitative mass spectrometric method was developed for this metabolite as isolated from horse urine. Following subcutaneous injection of the HNED of mepivacaine, the concentration of 3-hydroxymepivacaine recovered from horse urine reached a peak of about 64.6 ng/mL at 4 h after administration as measured by GC/MS. The concentration of mepivacaine or its metabolites after administration of a HNED dose are detectable by mass spectral techniques. Within the limits of this research, the study suggests that recovery of concentrations less than about 65 ng/mL of 3-hydroxymepivacaine from post-race urine samples may not be associated with a recent LA effect of mepivacaine.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Caballos
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Anestésicos Locales
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Mepivacaína
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vet Pharmacol Ther
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article