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Ketamine & Magnesium - NMDA receptor actions - Article - (Anaesthesia Analgesia)

4/4/2016

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AbstractN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are important components of pain processing. Ketamine and Mg2+ block NMDA receptors and might therefore be useful analgesics, and combinations of Mg2+ and ketamine provide more effective analgesia. We investigated their interactions at NMDA receptors. Xenopus oocytes, expressing NR1/NR2A or NR1/NR2B glutamate receptors, were studied. The effects of Mg2+, racemic ketamine and its isomers, and the combination of Mg2+ and S(+)-ketamine on NMDA signaling were determined. Mg2+ and ketamine alone inhibited NMDA receptors noncompetitively (half-maximal inhibitory effect concentration: Mg2+ 4.2 +/- 1.2 x 10(-)(4) M at NR1/NR2A and 6.3 +/- 2.4 x 10(-)(4) M at NR1/NR2B; racemic ketamine 13.6 +/- 8.5 x 10(-)(6) M at NR1/NR2A and 17.6 +/- 7.2 x 10(-)(6) M at NR1/NR2B; S(+)-ketamine 4.1 +/- 2.5 x 10(-)(6) at NR1/NR2A and 3.0 +/- 0.3 at NR1/NR2B; R(-)-ketamine 24.4 +/- 4.1 x 10(-)(6) M at NR1/NR2A and 26.0 +/- 2.4 x 10(-)(6) M at NR1/NR2B). The combined application of Mg2+ and ketamine decreased the half-maximal inhibitory effect concentration >90% at both receptors. Isobolographic analysis demonstrated super-additive interactions. Ketamine and Mg2+ inhibit responses of recombinantly expressed NR1/NR2A and NR1/NR2B glutamate receptors, and combinations of the compounds act in a super-additive manner. These findings may explain, in part, why combinations of ketamine and Mg2+ are more effective analgesics than either compound alone.
IMPLICATIONS: Ketamine and Mg2+ inhibit functioning of recombinantly expressed NR1/NR2A and NR1/NR2B glutamate receptors, and combinations of the compounds act in a super-additive manner. These findings may explain, in part, why combinations of ketamine and Mg2+ are more effective analgesics than either compound alone.



Questions Arising
​1. Would this change your practice?
2. Is there an adequate safety record for the use of each? (Ketamine is a potent drug. Magnesium is often safe)
3. Will there be a downfall to the patient for using magnesium alongside ketamine? (BP etc). (Could be)
4. Is there equipoise? Is there an actual need to augment ketamine's analgesic properties? (Probably, yes)
5. What dose of magnesium is required? (Some practitioners give 50mg/kg  = 3.5g in a 70kg pt)
6. Is the dose above evidence based?
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