Midazolam have been used widely as adjuvants in both regional and general anesthesia and in high risk patients in the intensive care unit. In the present study we evaluated the effect of midazolam and antagonistic effect of flumazenil on isolated rat ...
Midazolam have been used widely as adjuvants in both regional and general anesthesia and in high risk patients in the intensive care unit. In the present study we evaluated the effect of midazolam and antagonistic effect of flumazenil on isolated rat tracheal preparations mounted for recording isometric contractile force. Trachea smooth muscle were contracted with acetylcholine (10^-5M, Ach) and potassium chloride (40mM KC1). Midazolam 5x10 exp (-6)M and 5x10 exp (-5)M produced dose-dependent relaxation and flumazenil (3.2 x 10 exp (-7)M), central antagonist of benzodiazepine, pretreatment had no significant change midazolaminduced relaxation.
Midazolam probably did not relax airway smooth muscle by activatong central benzodiazepine receptors, as flumazenil did not block the concentration-related relaxation of midazolam.
Our study suggests that flumazenil may be used satety for asthmatic patients who have been with midazolam, as flumazenil did not antagonize airway relaxation elicited by midazolam.