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Possible Interaction: Melatonin and Thiopental

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Melatonin

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Oral premedication with 0.2 mg/kg melatonin significantly reduces the propofol and thiopental doses required for loss of responses to verbal commands and eyelash stimulation.
Journal of pineal research  •  2007  |  View Paper
CONCLUSIONS Melatonin premedication significantly decreased the doses of both propofol and thiopental required to induce anesthesia.
Melatonin … thiopental ED50 values for loss of response to verbal command and eyelash reflex from 3.4 mg/kg (95%confidence interval, 3.2–3.5 … mg/kg (2.6–2.9 mg/kg) and 2.6 mg/kg (2.5–2.7 mg/kg), respectively (P < 0.05).
Anesthesia and analgesia  •  2006  |  View Paper