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Table6.8  Epinephrine: prominent pharmacological andclinical
factors.
Pharmacological factor Reference
Name and synonym: epinephrine,
adrenaline, suprarenin
First isolated by Takamine in 1901
and Aldrich in 1901
Chemical name
1,1-
(3,4- dihydroxyphenyl)- 2-
Takamine (1901) Aldrich (1901)
American Dental Association (1984)
methylaminoethanol
Formula: C
9H13NO3
Aldrich (1901) USP38
CH
–CH2–
N
2
HO
Molecular weight: Baseline:183.2
OH
CH
USP38
As bitartrate:333.3
pKa value or dissociation constant: 8.6 Annex 6
Adrenoreceptors stimulated: α
β
and β
1
2
Vasoconstrictor potency: 100% Furchgott (1972)
Clearance (l/min): 6.8 Annex 11
Volume of distribution (l): 86.5 Annex 11
Elimination half- life (min): <1 Annex 11
Clinical factor
Usable during pregnancy: Yes
(FDAcategory=C)
, α2,
1
Goldstein (2001)
Haas etal. (2000) Donaldson and
Goodchild (2012)
Usable during lactation: Yes Haas etal. (2000)
Donaldson and Goodchild (2012)
Absolute maximum dose in
Report (1955)
dentistry.
0.2
mg=200 μg =2.85 μg/kg
Maximum concentration in
Report (1955)
dentistry:
000=20 μg/ml=0.002%
1:50
Other concentrations used in
dentistry:
000=12.5 μg/ml=0.00125%
1:80 1:100 000=10 μg/ml=0.001% 1:200 000=5 μg/ml=0.0005%
Table6.8 lists the most salient pharmacological and clin­ical factors. The safety of administering local anesthesia containing epinephrine during pregnancy and lactation (Haas et al.2000) and the establishment of the absolute maximum dose at 200 μg (2.85 μg/kg) for adults weighing 70 kg or over (Report of the Special Committee of the
New York Heart Association1955) are among the most prominent of the clinical indications. The maximum con­centration authorized for dentistry is 1:50 while in general concentrations of 1:100 (10
μg/ml) and in some European countries as well as in India and Japan of 1:80 standard. A concentration of 1:200
000 (12.5 μg/ml) are regarded as
000 (5 μg/ml) is regarded
000 (20 μg/ml),
000 (10 μg/ml)
as low in clinical dentistry.
The world over, epinephrine continues to be the most commonly used vasoconstrictor by far in local anesthesia today because it is more effective and safer than other sym­pathomimetic amines.
Norepinephrine
Chemically speaking, the difference between norepineph­rine and epinephrine is the lack of a methyl group on the side chain nitrogen in the former (Figure 6.2). The prefix “nor” is taken from the German initials for “Nitrogenum ohne Radikal” (nitrogen without the radical). It was first isolated in 1946in Sweden by Ulf Svante von Euler and named noradrenalin or arterenol (von Euler1946a,1946b). Today US pharmacology (USP 38) calls it norepinephrine while in Europe it is known as noradrenaline.
Norepinephrine is a natural hormone and neurotrans­mitter. It is released in all noradrenergic sympathetic nerve endings, with around 30% reaching the circulatory system (Kopin 1989; Eisenhofer et al. 2004). Norepinephrine is also released by the adrenal medulla, where it accounts for only 15–20% of the total released, while epinephrine accounts for the remaining 80–85% (Kopin 1989; Goldstein2001). The levo isomer (levo-
1
norepinephrine=Levophed
-
) is used in clinical settings
norepinephrine=
because, as for other catecholamines, it is much (10–40 times) more potent than the dextro form (Table6.5).
In the earliest experimental studies with animals norepi­nephrine was observed to induce a vasoconstrictive effect less potent than but similar to that of epinephrine. Its softer effect on the heart, lower toxicity, and lack of the vasodilat­ing effects compared with epinephrine (Luduena etal.1949; Berling and Björn1951; Tye etal.1967) encour­aged its use in local dental anesthetics. After promising results at concentrations of 1:30 000 (33 μg/ml) in early clinical trials (Dobbs and de Vier1950; Epstein etal.1951; Ekmanner and Persson1951), it began to be preferred over epinephrine. Subsequent research and clinical practice revealed a number of discouraging findings, however.
1 Levophed is the trade name for -norepinephrine, which was brought to market in 1951 (Epstein 1951).
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Norepinephrine proved to be less effective than epineph-
rine in clinical experience (Persson 1969; Boakes etal.1972) and clinical trials conducted to a more rigor­ous methodology. In 2% lidocaine with 1:50
000 (20 μg/ ml) norepinephrine, pulp was found to be poorly anes­thetized, with results comparable to those with 2% lido­caine and 1:200
Toxicity was observed to be higher than in epinephrine.
000 (5 μg/ml) epinephrine (Annex 21).
Clinical studies detected higher hypertension with nor­epinephrine (Annex 15), as well as substantial cerebral vasoconstriction rarely present with epinephrine (Hirota etal. 1992). Frequent adverse and at time severe reac­tions were observed, with hypertension crises leading to headaches (cephaleas) (Boakes et al. 1972; New Zealand 1974; Barnard et al. 1987). Extreme cases of death due to cerebral hemorrhaging (subarachnoid hem­orrhage), arrhythmias, and heart failure were also reported (Boakes et al. 1972; Tomlin 1974; Cawson etal.1983; Barnard etal.1987; Okada etal.1989).
Table 6.9 lists the main pharmacological and clinical properties of norepinephrine; note that its vasoconstrictive effect in humans is 25% of the epinephrine value and it is contraindicated during pregnancy, although during lacta­tion we have no information. The contraindication during pregnancy is due to its stimulation of α
receptors and
1
hence uterus contraction, raising the risk of miscarriage or premature labor (Stepke etal.1994). As noted earlier, nor­epinephrine has little impact on β
receptors, which relax
2
the uterus.
Table6.9 also shows that the maximum absolute dose of norepinephrine is 330
kg or more (Jastak and Yagiela 1983). The maximum
70 concentration is 1:30
μg (4.7 μg/kg) for adults weighing
000 (33 μg/ml) (ADA- AHA 1964), while the standard concentration for local anesthesia in dentistry is 1:50 000 (20 μg/ml).
There are currently no commercially available local anesthetic formulations with norepinephrine in the United States, although it is available in a few European countries. Most authors presently advise against the use of norepi­nephrine as a vasoconstrictor because it is less effective and carries higher risk and more complications than epineph­rine (Haglund and Evers1985; Van der Bijl and Victor1992; Jage1993; Malamed2004; Brown and Rhodus2005).
Levonordefrin
Nordefrin was introduced as a vasoconstrictor in dentistry in 1933 at a concentration of 1:10 000 (100 μg/ml) (Dobbs1965). At the time it also went by the trade names of corbasil, cobefrin, corbadrine, and lirotil. In 1958 the levo isomer (levonordefrin) was found to be 100–200 times
Table6.9  Norepinephrine: prominent pharmacological
andclinical factors.
Pharmacological factor Reference
Name and synonym: noradrenaline,
norepinephrine, levartrenol, levophed
First isolated by Euler in 1946 Von Euler (1946a, b)
Chemical name:
1,1-
(3,4- dihydroxyphenyl)- 2-
American Dental Association (1984)
aminoethanol
Formula: C
HO
Molecular weight: Baseline 169.2
As bitartrate: 337.3
Adrenoreceptors stimulated: α
and β
1
8H11NO3
CH–CH2–NH
OH
1
American Dental Association (1984)
, α2
Goldstein (2001) Langer and Hicks
(1984)
Vasoconstrictive potency: 25% Furchgott (1972)
Clearance (l/min): 5.6 Annex 11
Elimination half- life (min): <1 Annex 11
Clinical factor
Usable during pregnancy: No (not
Stepke etal. (1994)
classified by the FDA)
Usable during lactation: ? (Table5.11)
Absolute maximum dose in
dentistry:
0.33
mg=330 μg=4.7 μg/kg
Maximum concentration in
Jastak and Yagiela (1983)
AHA (1964)
ADA-
dentistry: 1
: 30 000=33 μg/ml=0.0033%
Other concentrations used in
dentistry:
: 50 000 (20 μg/ml)=0.002%
1 1
: 80 000=12.5 μg/ml=0.00125%
more active than the dextro form (Luduena etal.1958) and began to be used instead of racemic nordefrin, at concen­trations of 1:20 000 (50 μg/ml), half the dose of the latter, in the belief that the levo isomer generated the entire vaso­constrictive effect (Moose 1959).
Levonordefrin, a derivative of norepinephrine, is the primary alternative to epinephrine as a vasoconstrictor in the United States and Canada. This drug is not used inEurope. Moreover, unlike epinephrine and norepineph­rine, which are natural hormones and neurotransmitters,
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levonordefrin is an artificial catecholamine designed to constrict blood vessels.
The earliest animal experiments appeared to suggest that the vasoconstrictive effect of levonordefrin was approxi­mately half the value observed for epinephrine (Luduena etal.1958; Tye etal.1967) and the first clinical studies proved to be promising (Dobbs and de Vier1950; Epstein etal.1951; Moose1959). As the vasoconstrictive effect was later found to be around 20% of the -
epinephrine value, a 1:20 000 (50 μg/
ml) concentration was used, as the theoretical equivalent of
000 (10 μg/ml) of - epinephrine (Robertson etal.1984).
1:100 Subsequent clinical experience and clinical research (Annex
21) has nonetheless shown that levonordefrin is approxi­mately 15% as potent as -
epinephrine (Robertson etal.1984).
The major pharmacological and clinical properties of levonordefrin are summarized in Table 6.10. It can be safely used during pregnancy and lactation (Haas etal.2000) because it acts only weakly on the α
receptors
1
in the uterus (Langer and Hicks1984). The absolute maxi­mum dose for an adult weighing 70 kg or over is 1000 μg (14.3
μg/kg) (Jastak and Yagiela 1983). Levonordefrin is used in the United States and Canada with 2% mepivacaine at a fixed concentration of 1:20 000 (50 μg/ml). It is less effective and more toxic than epinephrine, although not as toxic as norepinephrine (Barnard etal.1987).
Table6.10  Levonordefrin: prominent pharmacological
andclinical factors.
Pharmacological factor Reference
Name and synonym:
levonordefrin, α- methylnorepinephrine
Me- Ne),
(α­α-
methylnorepinephrine,
neocobephrine, Corbadrine
First synthesized: ?
Chemical name:
1,1-
(3,4- dihydroxyphenyl)- 2-
aminopropanol
Formula: C
HO
Molecular weight: Baseline 183.2 USP38
pKa value or dissociation
constant: 8.6
Adrenoreceptors stimulated: α
and β
Vasoconstrictive potency: 15% Robertson etal. (1984)
Clinical factor
1
9H13NO3
CH–CH–NH
OH CH
3
American Dental Association (1984)
USP38
Annex 6
Robertson etal. (1984)
2
Langer and Hicks (1984)
Phentolamine (OraVerse®)
As a nonselective α- adrenergic antagonist, phentolamine neutralizes the vasoconstrictive effect of epinephrine and the other vasoconstrictive sympathomimetics (norepineph­rine and levonordefrin). Phentolamine was synthesized in 1950 at the CIBA laboratory in Basel, Switzerland, by Urech etal. (1950) and marketed in the United States in 1952 (Hersh et al.2008; Rutherford et al. 2009) under the trade name Regitine® (Weaver2008). In medicine it is used to treat hyper­tension caused by pheochromocytoma, a rare chromaffin tis­sue tumor in the adrenal medulla that produces excess epinephrine and norepinephrine, or to extravasate injectable catecholamines administered intravenously to prevent them from inducing dermic necrosis (Hersh et al.2008; Laviola etal.2008; Saunders etal.2011; Elmore etal.2013).
In early dentistry phentolamine was used under a differ­ent formulation, phentolamine mesylate, experimentally known as NV- 101 (Weaver2008; Laviola et al. 2008). In 2008 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) author­ized the inclusion of this drug in dentistry cartridges under the trade name OraVerse® (OraVerse2015) for administra­tion in standard syringes to reduce the duration of anesthe- sia in soft tissue (Tavares etal.2008; Malamed2008; Hersh etal.2017).
Usable during pregnancy: Yes
(not classified by the FDA)
Usable during lactation: Yes Haas etal. (2000)
Absolute maximum dose in
dentistry: 1
mg=1000 μg=14.3 μg/kg
mg=500 μg=7.15 μg/kg
0.5
Sole concentration used in
dentistry: 1:20
000=50 μg/ml=0.005%
Haas etal. (2000)
Jastak and Yagiela (1983) Bennett (1984)
Jastak and Yagiela (1983)
Phentolamine is injected into the same site as the vaso­constrictive sympathomimetic- bearing local anesthetic to block the effect on the α adrenoreceptors. The outcome is vasodilation that raises the local blood flow, carrying the local anesthetic from the oral submucosa into the blood­stream to restore normal sensation in the oral and perioral tissues much more quickly (Malamed 2008; Hersh etal.2008; Tavares et al. 2008). Research has shown that after injecting phentolamine the level of the local anes­thetic in the blood rises, an indication of speedier elimination from the injection site (Moore et al. 2008). Thepharmacological and clinical characteristics are given in Table6.11.
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Table6.11  Phentolamine: prominent pharmacological
andclinical factors.
Pharmacological factor References
Name and synonym:
phentolamine
First synthesized by Urech etal.
Urech etal. (1950)
in 1950
Chemical name: 3- [[(4,5- dihydro-
1H- imidazol- 2- yl)- methyl]
methylphenyl)- amino]- phenol
(4-
Formula: C
N
C
3
Molecular weight: Baseline:281.35
17H19N3
NH
N
O
Mesylate:377.46
Clearance (l/min): 2.88 Moore etal. (2008)
Volume of distribution (l/min): 407 Moore etal. (2008)
Elimination half- life (min): 155 Moore etal. (2008)
Clinical factor
Usable during pregnancy: ? (FDA
Malamed (2008)
category=C)
Usable during lactation: ?
Absolute maximum dose in
dentistry: ? but 0.8 mg accepted, equivalent to two 1.7- ml cartridges containing
Tavares etal. (2008) Hersh etal. (2008) Fowler etal. (2011)
0.0235%=0.4 mg per cartridge=0.235
Usable with children: Yes (but
mg/ml
Hersh etal. (2019) not authorized by the FDA in children under 3)
OraVerse®
This product comes in 1.7- ml cartridges with 0.4 mg (400 μg) of phentolamine mesylate, equivalent to a concen- tration of 0.235 mg (235 μg) per milliliter or 0.0235%. The glass cylinder cartridges bear a transparent green label and a blue aluminum ring at the mouth to ensure they are not mistaken for cartridges containing the local anesthetic.
This drug is made by two laboratories, Novolar Pharmaceuticals Inc. at San Diego, California and Septodont at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and New Castle, Delaware. The ingredients are (Moore etal.2008):
sterile waterethylene diamino tetraacetic acid (EDTA)- manitolsodium acetateacetic acidsodium hydroxide to adjust the pH.
Advantages andIndications
While most routine dental procedures take less than an hour, soft tissue (primarily lips and tongue) anesthesia may last for 3–4 drinking, speaking, and smiling and favoring self-
hours (Annexes 21 and 27), hampering eating,
inflicted injury as a result of biting lips, tongue, or cheeks, particu­larly in children. Moreover, as most procedures generate minimal post-
operation pain, there is no advantage to pro­longing the effect of anesthesia in the soft tissue (Malamed2008; Hersh etal.2008). In light of the forego­ing, the indications for this drug are as follows:
1) Routine dentistry procedures such as obturation, scal-
ing, root planning, etc.
2) Root canals in asymptomatic teeth (Fowler etal.2011),
which are not usually characterized by a painful prog­nosis (Mattscheck etal.2001).
3) After installing implants in the posterior jaw for the
early detection of lesions in the inferior alveolar nerve and, in the event, withdrawal of the implant as soon as possible to limit the lesion (Froum etal.2010).
4) In children to reduce the post- procedure duration of the
anesthesia in soft tissue and with it possible self-
inflicted injury due to biting lips, tongue, or cheeks (Tavares etal.2008; Zurfluh etal.2015; Hersh etal.2017,2019).
Technique andDose
After completing the dental procedure, phentolamine is injected into the same site as the anesthetic solution con­taining the sympathomimetic vasoconstrictor (buccal infil­tration, mandibular blockage, etc.) at a proportion of 1:1 (1 ml of anesthetic per 1 ml of phentolamine) to block the vasoconstrictor effect (Tavares etal.2008; Hersh etal.2008; Fowler et al. 2011; Saunders et al. 2011). Phentolamine injection causes no pain because the soft tissues are still anesthetized (Malamed2008; Fowler etal.2011).
No maximum dose is presently in place for dental use, although there are recommended ceilings (Tavares et al. 2008; Hersh et al. 2008, 2019; Fowler et al. 2011; Saunders etal.2011):
Children 3–6 years old (15–30 kg): half a cartridge Children 6–12 years old (25–40 kg): one cartridge Children over 12 and adults: two cartridges
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The ratio of the amount to be injected is, as noted earlier, 1:1, although if a patient receives two cartridges of anes­thesia for mandibular blockage and a third for buccal infil­tration, just two cartridges of phentolamine would be injected, one in the mandibular blockage site and the other in the buccal infiltration site (Fowler etal.2011).
Clinical Efficacy
A number of clinical trials have shown that the duration of the anesthesia in soft tissue is shortened by approximately 50% (around 55% in the upper lip and 45% in the lower) to about 80
minutes after phentolamine injection (Table6.12).
The duration depends on individual variations as well as on the time of the dental procedure. The shorter the proce­dure, the longer the post-
procedure duration of the anes­thetic in the soft tissue and therefore the more effective phentolamine is in reducing that time (Fowler etal.2011).
According to an in-
practice assessment, around 80% of patients are satisfied with phentolamine and about 50% of dentists contemplate using it in their treatments (Saunders etal.2011).
Tolerance, Toxicity, andAdverse Side Effects
In medical practice, phentolamine is administered intra­muscularly or intravenously at doses of 1 and up to 15
mg in adults (Saunders et al. 2011; Hersh
mg in children
etal.2019). In dentistry, the dose is half to two cartridges or
0.2–0.8
mg, i.e. about five to 19 times less, and this dose is not administered intravenously or systemically but rather is injected submucosally in the same site as the original infiltration or block injection. Therefore, the dental dose and method of administration result in hemodynamic sta­bility, mitigating a potential decrease in blood pressure (in response to general vasodilation) as well as any potential reflexive increase in heart rate (Hersh etal. 2008; Tavares et al. 2008; Laviola et al. 2008; Fowler et al. 2011). Experiments in animals have shown phentolamine to have low local and systemic toxicity under the conditions used in dentistry (Rutherford etal.2009).
Adverse side effects are infrequent and short-
lived (a few hours or days) and barely differ from the discomfort reported by a placebo group (Tavares et al.2008; Laviola etal.2008; Fowler etal.2011). They include the following.
Table6.12  Clinical efficacy ofphentolamine: clinical trials studying duration ofanesthesia insoft tissues andpercentage reduction
after phentolamine injection.
Time (min)
Location Reference Number Treatment duration Control group Phentolamine group Reduction
Upper lip Hersh etal. (2008) 120 20–60
Tavares etal. (2008) 77 20–60 Laviola etal. (2008) 61 20–70 155 50 68% Fowler etal. (2011)
Lower lip Hersh etal. (2008) 122 20–60 155 70 55%
Tavares etal. (2008) 75 20–60 — Laviola etal. (2008) 61 20–70 150 101 33% Fowler etal. (2011) 85 85 217 170 22%
Global Hersh etal. (2008) 240 20–60 140 60 57%
Tavares etal. (2008) 152 20–60 135 60 56% Laviola etal. (2008) 122 20–70 155 70 55% Fowler etal. (2011) 85 67–85 220 153 30% Saunders etal. (2011) 60
a
The time in minutes is the median except in the Fowler etal. (2011) paper, where it is the mean.
b
Time estimated by Fowler etal. (2011).
b
85 67–71 224 136 38%
a
a
133 50 65% — 47%
79 54%
67%
114 44%
80 50%
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1) Sensitivity may linger in the injection zone, with slight
swelling and discomfort (Hersh et al. 2008; Laviola etal.2008) in 4–6% of cases.
2) Some 2–4% of patients complain of headaches
(cephalea) (Hersh etal.2008; Elmore etal.2013).
3) Around 3% of mandibular blockage patients report
soreness on opening their mouths (Elmore etal.2013).
Felypressin (Octapressin®)
Felypressin (Octapressin or Octopressin®) was synthesized by Du Vigneaud etal. in 1953 (Du Vigneaud etal.1953) as a derivative of the posterior pituitary hormones (oxytocin and vasopressin, the latter is also known as antidiuretic hormone or ADH) and more exactly as a derivative of vaso­pressin, replacing two amino acids: tyrosine with phe­nylamine in position 2 and arginine with lysine in position
8. The chemical name is consequently 2-
vasopressin (PLV- 2) (Berde and Cerletti1964; Altura
sine­et al. 1965; Anonymous 1965) (Figure 6.4). This new compound is a vasoconstrictor, and the antidiuretic or oxytocin-
like effects are not seen as it is injected in the oral
phenylamine- 8- ly
mucosa (Berde and Cerletti1964). The major pharmaco­logical and clinical properties of felypressin are summarized in Table6.13.
This vasoconstrictor is not marketed in the United States, although it is sold in several European Union coun­tries under the trade name Octapressin, synthesized by Sandoz at Basel, Switzerland. Felypressin is measured in international units (IU) and used in dentistry at a fixed concentration of 0.03
IU/ml (0.54 μg/ml) in solution with
3% prilocaine.
Cardiovascular Effects
Experimental studies in animals (Cecanho et al. 2006), children (Meechan et al. 2001), healthy adults (Aelling et al. 1970; Meechan and Rawlins 1988), hypertensive patients (Sunada etal. 1996), and patients with arrhyth­mias and coronary insufficiency (Caceres etal.2008) show that felypressin induces very mild cardiovascular side effects, raising mean blood pressure very slightly and low­ering heart rate barely perceptibly. These slight effects are observed when over three and a half cartridges of anesthe­sia are administered with the standard 0.03
IU/ml concen-
tration of felypressin (Sunada etal.1996).
1
Cys--Phe--Phe--Glu—Asp—Cys—Pro—Lys--Gly (NH
S
H2N
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2
CH
2
CO
CH
2
NH
CO
1
CH
CH
2
S
S
CH
2
8
S
CH
NH
6
CH
CO
2
CH
CO
3
NH
CH
CH
4
CO
NH
5
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
NH
2
2
2
2
2
2
CO
NH
7
CO NH CH
N
CH
2
CO
CO NH CH2CO NH
9
)
2
NH
CO
2
NH
2
2
(b) full formula. Source: Modified from Berde and Cerletti (1964) and Anonymous (1965).
Figure6.4  Felypressin formula: (a) abbreviated formula;
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Name and synonym: felypressin, octapressin, PLV- 2
First synthesized by Du Vigneaud etal. in 1952 Du Vigneaud etal. (1953)
Chemical name: 2- phenylalanine- 8- lysine- vasopressin Berde and Cerletti (1964)
Altura etal. (1965)
Formula: C
NH
CO
CH
N
2
CH
2
S
42H65N13O11S2
CH
2
CO
CH
2
1
S
CH
2
NH
6 CH
CO
N
CH
2
CH
CO
3
4
5
CH
CO
NH
7
CO NH CH
NH
CH
CH
2
CH
CO
NH
CO
CH
2
CO NH CH2CO NH
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
NH
NH
NH
CO
2
2
2
Anonymous (1965)
Felypressin (Octapressin®) 99
Molecular weight: 1040.2
Receptors stimulated: v
Vasoconstrictive potency: less than in catecholamines
1
Cecanho etal. (2006)
Clinical factor
Usable during pregnancy: No (not classified by the FDA) Oliver (1974)
Stepke etal. (1994)
Usable during lactation: ? (Table5.11)
Absolute maximum dose in dentistry: 7.02 μg=0.39 IU
a
Dunlop Committee
a
0.1 μg/kg=0.0056 IU/kg
Sole concentration used in dentistry:
1:1 850 000=0.54 μg/ml (0.03 IU/ml)=0.000000 54%
 Berling (1966) Barnard etal. (1987)
a
See Tables6.4 and6.14. IU, international units.
As the side effects are much less intense in felypressin than in epinephrine (Aelling et al. 1970; Meechan etal.2001; Cecanho etal.2006), it is generally regarded as safe for patients with cardiovascular disease.
impacting antidiuretic v
receptors. Its vasopressive properties
2
differ from those of catecholamines in a number of ways.
1) It acts essentially on the microcirculation venules,
rarely affecting arterioles, metarterioles, or precapillary
Vasoconstrictive Effect
Felypressin induces vasoconstriction by binding to vasopressive and oxytocic v
receptors (Cecanho etal. 2006), while barely
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sphincters (Cerletti et al. 1963; Altura et al. 1965; Burcher etal.1977).
2) It spreads to the tissues and penetrates the nerve
trunk vasa nervorum less readily than epinephrine
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due to its higher molecular weight (1040.2 vs. 183.2) (Burcher etal.1977; Olgart and Gazelius1977; Chng etal.1996).
3) The vasoconstrictive effect is consequently slow, taking
several minutes as opposed to the immediate action observed in epinephrine (Burcher et al. 1977; Lindorf1979).
4) Hypoxia does not occur in the infiltrated tissue
(Klingenström and Westermar1964), making it less of an irritant for tissue than catecholamines, thereby elud­ing late-
stage rebound vasodilation.
As a result of the above, felypressin is a less potent vaso­constrictor than catecholamines, epinephrine in particular (Fisher etal.1965; Altura etal.1965; Burcher etal.1977). As the use of high felypressin concentrations does not deliver good results, concentrations of only 0.05–0.03
IU/
ml are recommended (Berling1966; Akerman1969).
Adverse Effects
Two adverse effects have been detected in connection with the use of felypressin in dentistry and medicine:
1) Pale skin on the face, neck, and arms due to cutaneous
vasoconstriction (Shanks1963; Light etal. 1965; Katz and Katz1966; Berling1966; Anonymous1970).
2) Abdominal discomfort due to intestinal contraction and
the sudden need to defecate (Light et al. 1965; Akerman1969).
Adverse reactions are fewer, less frequent, and much less severe in felypressin than in the catecholamines, par­ticularly norepinephrine and levonordefrin (Barnard etal.1987).
Contraindications
The two major contraindications for the use of felypressin in dentistry are discussed below.
1) It is contraindicated in patients who have had a heart
attack (angina or myocardial infarction) but only rela­tively so, given that it is administered at very low doses.
Felypressin- induced vasoconstriction of the coronary
vessels reduces the blood flow and the supply of oxy­gen to the heart (Light etal.1965; Miyachi etal.2003). Interestingly, however, doses equivalent to 14 car­tridges of 0.03 IU/ml barely affect ischemia in hyper­tensive patients (Sunada etal.1996).
The United Kingdom’s Dunlop Committee on Safety
of Drugs recommends a maximum dose of five 1.8- ml cartridges of 0.03 IU/ml felypressin for such patients (Oliver 1974; Roberts and Sowray 1987), while
experimental data with dogs suggests similar values (Miyachi etal.2003).
2) It is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy (Anony-
mous1970; Oliver1974) because the residual oxytocic effect of felypressin resulting from stimulation of v receptors may cause the pregnant uterus to contract, reducing the blood flow to the placenta and raising the risk of contraction, premature labor or miscarriage (Anonymous 1970; Oliver 1974; Stepke et al. 1994). Moreover, felypressin is used with prilocaine, a local anesthetic that can induce fetal methemoglobinemia, which would worsen the situation (Anonymous1970; Oliver1974).
Advantages andDisadvantages
Felypressin has three advantages over epinephrine.
1) Its small cardiovascular effects make if safe for such
patients, except those who have had a heart attack (as mentioned earlier), although even in such cases it can be used in small doses.
2) It does not interact with:
tricyclic antidepressants (Goldman 1971; Persson
and Siwers 1971; Boakes etal.1973), eliminating the risk of prompting hypertension or arrhythmias
halothane (general anesthetic) (Shanks1963; Light
etal.1965; Katz1965; Katz and Katz1966), elimi­nating the risk of arrhythmias
sodium thiopental, an ultra- speedy barbiturate
used in general anesthesia induction (Light etal.
1965), eliminating the risk of arrhythmias.
3) It is less irritating than epinephrine because it does
not induce tissue hypotoxia (Klingenström and Westermar1964).
The disadvantages relative to epinephrine include the
following.
1) As its vasoconstrictive effect is less potent, it delivers
poorer results:
lower percentage of pulpal anesthesia (Table6.1) shorter duration of pulpal anesthesia (Table6.1) less effective hemostasis (Fisher etal.1965).
2) It is wholly contraindicated during pregnancy, as
noted above.
Maximum Doses
Experimental studies on acute toxicity in animals have shown that felypressin is much safer than epinephrine and the tolerance levels are much higher (Annex 18). The abso­lute maximum doses cited in the literature vary across a wide spectrum (Table 6.14), a discrepancy possibly
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0.03 IU/ml
IU μg ml 1.8-
Author
0.27 4.86 9.0 5 Healthy Jastak and Yagiela (1983)
16.70 300 555 308 Healthy Jage (1993)
Dunlop Committee
0.262 4.75 8.8 5 Ischemia Oliver (1974)
0.39 7.02 13.0 7.2 Healthy Oliver (1974)
spawned by a fear of coronary vasoconstriction. The recommendations for healthy patients and those with ischemia (angina and myocardium infarction) cited here are taken from the United Kingdom’s Dunlop Committee (full name: the Committee on Safety of Drugs).
2
Further to the Committee’s findings, the maximum rec­ommended dose of 3% prilocaine with 0.03 ml) is five 1.8-
ml cartridges in patients with ischemia and
IU/ml (0.54 μg/
7.2 cartridges in healthy patients (Oliver1974; Roberts and Sowray1987).
 Combinations ofVasoconstrictors
The few papers published on the combination of two vaso­constrictors in the same anesthetic solution can be divided into two groups.
The combination 1:100 000 (10 μg/ml) epinephrine and
000 (10 μg/ml) norepinephrine was introduced in
1:100
 ml cartridges Type of patient Reference
Roberts and Sowray (1987)
Roberts and Sowray (1982)
Germany in the 1950s to reduce the palpitations (tachy­cardia) induced by epinephrine and the cephalea prompted by norepinephrine, initially with promising results (Holler1954; Adler and Kelentey1965). Today, however, most authors concur that these combinations of vasoconstrictors are contraindicated, in as much as they may have exactly the opposite effect: norepineph­rine may cause rises in blood pressure (and concomitant cephalea) and epinephrine tachycardia (Reynolds1972; Evers and Haegerstam1981; Jage1993; Malamed2004).
Epinephrine and felypressin combinations also fail to
lower anesthetic solution toxicity as initially believed and are consequently not recommended either (Volpato etal.1999).
In conclusion, based on the small amount of data avail­able, combinations of vasoconstrictors not only afford no advantages but may have adverse effects and are therefore not recommended at this time.
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