Mohamed Elbadawy Abdelgayed Gad Kewan
Professor
The Anti-Nociceptive Potential of Tulathromycin against Chemically and Thermally Induced Pain in Mice
Pharmaceutics • 2021
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed Elbadawy; Amira Abugomaa; Hussein M El-Husseiny; Ahmed S Mandour; Mohamed M Abdel-Daim; Salama Mostafa Aboelenin; Mohamed Mohamed Soliman; Amany El-Mleeh
Keywords
analgesic; anti-nociceptive; macrolides; pain; tulathromycin.
Journal
Pharmaceutics
Publisher
MDPI
Volume
13
Issue
8
Pages
1247
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Not Available
Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the analgesic potential of the new triamilide macrolide antibiotic, tulathromycin, at 20 and 40 mg/kg of body weight (BW), subcutaneously against acute pain in mice. Acute pain was induced either chemically (using acetic acid-induced writhing and formalin-induced pain tests) or thermally (using hot-plate, and tail-flick tests). In the acetic acid-induced writhing test, tulathromycin induced a dose-dependent and significant decrease in the number of writhes compared with the control group. In the late phase of the formalin test, a significant decline in hind paw licking time compared with the control group was observed. In the hot-plate and tail-flick tests, tulathromycin caused a dose-dependent and significant prolongation of latency of nociceptive response to heat stimuli, compared with the control group. These findings may indicate that tulathromycin possesses significant peripheral and central analgesic potentials that may be valuable in symptomatic relief of pain, in addition to its well-established antibacterial effect.
