The analgesic effects of morphine administration were determined in post-partum, lactating female rats, as well as in intact, cycling females during the diestrous stage of the estrous cycle. All doses of morphine (2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg, iv) produced a significant analgesic response in both post-partum and diestrous females using the hot water tail immersion latency test. However, the analgesic response in the post-partum females was significantly less than during diestrus at all doses tested. In addition, pretreatment with the mu 1 specific antagonist, Naloxonazine, significantly blunted the analgesic response in diestrous females, but did not significantly affect analgesia in post-partum females. These results indicate that morphine is less effective in producing analgesia in post-partum females. The mu 1 opiate receptor site does not appear to be involved in the analgesia produced during the post-partum period.
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