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Article title: Low-dose fentanyl does not alter muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, or tolerance during progressive central hypovolemia

Authors: Mu Huang, Joseph C. Watso, Luke N. Belval, Frank A. Cimino, Mads Fischer, Caitlin P. Jarrard, Joseph M. Hendrix, Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, Craig G. Crandall

From the authors: “The novel finding of this investigation is that in conscious humans, intravenous administration of an analgesic dose of fentanyl does not compromise tolerance to a simulated hemorrhagic insult.”

Journal Link: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology