Summary
In 52 men and 33 women, the total, adhesive and nonadhesive platelet counts, onestage
prothrombin time, euglobulinlysis time, and plasma nonesterified fatty acid were measured
before and after an intravenous injection with 0.1 μg/kg of adrenaline or 1-noradrenaline.
Three hours before the injection, placebo, 30 mg of phenoxybenzamine, 300 mg of pronethalol,
100 mg of nialamide or 100 mg of pyridinolcarbamate was administered orally under
the double blind technique. Five minutes after the injection with adrenaline in 15
cases pretreated with placebo, a decrease in adhesive platelet count, and a shortening
of one-stage prothrombin time and euglobulin lysis time were observed with statistical
significance (P ˂ 0.01 ∼ 0.05). These changes were not observed in 15 cases injected
with saline or noradrenaline. The changes were not observed in 10 cases pretreated
with pronethalol, but were observed in 10 cases pretreated with phenoxybenzamine.
So the effect of adrenaline may be due to stimulation of ß-adrenergic receptor sites.
Meanwhile, the decrease in adhesive platelet count and the enhancement of blood coagulability
were prevented by nialamide and pyridinolcarbamate, while the enhancement of fibrinolysis
was not. The preventive effect of nialamide was less than that of pyridinolcarbamate.
Phenoxybenzamine and nialamide prevented an increase in systolic blood pressure induced
by adrenaline, and pronethalol prevented tachycardia by adrenaline, while pyridinolcarbamate
did not affect these changes. Changes in plasma nonesterified fatty acid showed no
relationship to the above hematological changes.