The effects of infusion of clonidine, an a2-adrenergic agonist, on plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations were investigated with a single growth hormone (GH) injection in pigs. Four barrows were subjected to four treatments: saline infusion with a vehicle injection, clonidine infusion (0.5 nmol/kg/min for 8 h) with a vehicle injection, saline infusion with a bovine GH (bGH:1...

OBJECTIVES Premedication with clonidine has been found to reduce the bleeding during endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), therefore lowering the risk of surgical complications. Premedication is an essential part of pre-surgical care and can potentially affect magnitude of systemic stress response to a surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of premedication with clonidi...

We examined the effects of clonidine injected unilaterally into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of conscious, unrestrained rats. We also examined whether the local alpha(2)-adrenoceptor mechanism contributed to the action of clonidine injected into the RVLM. Injection of clonidine but not vehicle solution significantly decreased the mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and re...

The objective of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of clonidine during pregnancy compared with previously published data in nonpregnant subjects. Serial blood and urine samples were collected in 17 women during mid to late pregnancy over one steady-state dosing interval to determine clonidine noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters (n 17) and creatinine clearance. I...

OBJECTIVE To determine if preemptive analgesia with ropivacaine hydrochloride with or without clonidine hydrochloride decreases pain and hastens recovery after tonsillectomy. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, triple-blinded trial. SETTING University referral center; pediatric ambulatory practice. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-four children, aged 3 to 15 years, undergoing tonsillectomy. INTERVENTIONS...

BACKGROUND Although intrathecal clonidine produces pronounced analgesia, antinociceptive doses of intrathecal clonidine produce several side effects, including hypotension, bradycardia, and sedation. Intrathecal tizanidine, another alpha(2)-adrenergic agonist, has provided antinociception without producing pronounced hemodynamic changes in animal studies. However, it has been unclear whether an...

Functional role of endothelial alpha(2)-adrenoceptor in coronary circulation remains unclear. Clonidine, an agonist of alpha(2)-adrenoceptors, was reported to induce coronary vasodilatation via stimulation of endothelial alpha(2)-adrenoceptors or coronary vasoconstriction involving vascular smooth muscle alpha(2)-adrenoceptors. Moreover, H(2) receptor-dependent responses to clonidine were descr...

BACKGROUND An estimated 2-3 million people are acutely poisoned by organophosphorus pesticides each year, mostly in the developing world. There is a pressing need for new affordable antidotes and clonidine has been shown to be effective in animal studies. Our aim was to determine the safety of clonidine given as an antidote in adult patients presenting with signs or symptoms of acute organophos...

In this work, we have studied binding of Clonidine drug (C9H9Cl2N3) with zigzag single walled carbonnanotubes (SWCNT) (5, 0) by theoretical methods of theory using Gaussian 09 software package.Binding energies, NMR parameters and HOMO- LUMO Gap energy were calculated. Results frombinding energies indicate that it is possible thermodynamically to bind Clonidine drug to SWCNT.The calculated NMR p...

Chronic kidney disease is defined as occurring for more than three months and characterized by a decreasing glomerular filtration rate, reaching below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 . Decreased function can reduce the kidney’s capacity to excrete sodium. Excess extracellular fluid will cause hypertension, lower upper extremity edema. Loop diuretics, such furosemide, are known increase sodium excretion 20%, ...