[The opiate system and its role in ensuring circulatory homeostasis in shock]

It was established that the agonists of opiates (enkephalin) relieve the course of traumatic shock while the antagonists (diprenophrine) aggravate it. The favorable effect of the agonists of opiates is due to optimization of the relation between the requirements of the organism in oxygen and its supply. The antagonists of opiates aggravate shock due to increased requirements in oxygen in decrease of its transport.