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Michael S. B. Edwards M.D.

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  • Misonidazole neurotoxicity in rats: Part II. Effect of pre- and intermittent treatment with pentobarbital on misonidazole neurotoxicity in the rat.

    Edwards MS, Gordon DG, Salamy A, Levin VA, Phillips TL. J Neurooncol. 1984; 2 (2): 95-8

    Rats pretreated for 5 days with 50 mg/kg of pentobarbital tolerated statistically significant higher doses of misonidazole before the onset of misonidazole-induced neurotoxicity than rats treated intermittently with the same dose of pentobarbital. Presumably in pretreated rats, pentobarbital induced an increase in the activities of hepatic microsomal enzymes that led to a more rapid metabolism of misonidazole than in rats treated only intermittently.

    PubMedID: 6481429

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