ISSN:
1365-2036
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Motor changes could be involved in the pathogenesis of diarrhoea that complicates the treatment of ulcer disease by prostaglandins. Our aim was to assess the effect of enprostil, a synthetic analogue of PGE2, on duodeno-jejunal motility. During this randomized double-blind crossover study, two manometric recordings, each lasting 20 h (12.00-08.00 hours), were carried out during dosing with 35 μg enprostil b.d. or placebo (eight volunteers: part 1), or during dosing with 35 or 70 μg enprostil b.d. (nine volunteers: part 2). Subjects were only allowed a standard dinner at 18.00 hours.During fasting, in part 1, the number of phase 3 activity patterns (PIIIs) was higher with enprostil than with placebo (P 〈 0.01), without any difference in their characteristics; the overall duration of phase 1 activity was longer with enprostil than with placebo (P 〈 0.01). In part 2, during fasting the number and characteristics of the PIIIs were not different, but there was a dose-related increase in PI, and decrease in PII activity. Fed motor patterns did not differ between the two doses of enprostil.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.1990.tb00451.x
