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Abstract
A statistically significant circadian rhythm of the duration of local anaesthesia produced by lidocaine and betoxycaine was found in both human skin and teeth. In adult subjects with diurnal activity and nocturnal rest the longest duration was found around 15.00 (3 p.m.) with a large peak-trough difference amounting to more than 100% of the 24 h mean. Such chronopharmacologic rhythm might be related to circadian rhythms in catecholamine secretion and/or in circadian changes of cell membrane properties.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 857167 DOI: 10.1007/BF00499924
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol ISSN: 0028-1298 Impact factor: 3.000