Approximately half of patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) report pain and this can be severe during withdrawal. However, many questions remain regarding the importance of sex, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), time course, and pain modality. To examine the impact of sex and BAC on the time course of the development of mechanical and heat hyperalgesia, we characterized a mouse model of Chronic Alcohol Withdrawal Induced Pain (CAWIP) in the presence or absence the alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor, pyrazole. Male and female C57BL/6J mice underwent chronic intermittent ethanol vapor (CIEV) + or - pyrazole exposure for 4 weeks, 4 days/week to induce ethanol dependence. Hind paw sensitivity to the plantar application of mechanical (von Frey filaments) and radiant heat stimuli were measured during weekly observations at 1, 3, 5, 7, 24, and 48 hr after cessation of ethanol exposure. In the presence of pyrazole, males developed mechanical hyperalgesia after the first week of CIEV exposure, peaking at 48 hours after cessation of ethanol. By contrast, females did not develop mechanical hyperalgesia until the fourth week; this also required pyrazole and did not peak until 48 hours. Heat hyperalgesia was consistently observed only in females exposed to ethanol and pyrazole; this developed after the first weekly session and peaked at 1 hour. We conclude that CAWIP develops in a sex, time, and BAC dependent manner in C57BL/6J mice.
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