British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1985, Vol. 57, No. 11 1110-1112
© 1985 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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PIRACETAM DOES NOT CHANGE THE ANAESTHETIC REQUIREMENT FOR HALOTHANE
Department of Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco, 3rd and Parnassus Avenues, Room 1386 HSE San Francisco, CA 94143, U.S.A.
MAC of halothane was determined in rats before and after the injection of piracetam 0.5 or 2.5 g kg1, or both. No consistent changes in MAC were found. We conclude that piracetam is unlikely to influence halothane requirement appreciably.