Ethanol suppression of naloxone-induced withdrawal in morphine-dependent rats |
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Authors: | M A Jones G R Spratto |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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Abstract: | The technique of morphine pellet implantation was used to produce physical dependence on morphine in male rats. The number of “wet dog” shakes occurring within a period of 30 minutes during naloxone-precipitated (1.0 mg/kg, s.c.) withdrawal in four-day morphine implanted rats was determined after either acute or chronic treatment with ethanol. An acute dose of ethanol administered prior to withdrawal had no significant effect on the withdrawal response whereas chronic administration of ethanol during the development of dependence on morphine significantly suppressed the naloxone-precipitated withdrawal response to 44–57 percent of the control response. Analysis of brain and plasma for morphine concentration four days following dependence development showed no significant differences between morphine controls and those animals treated with both morphine and ethanol. Pentobarbital, another central nervous system depressant, demonstrated no effect on the withdrawal response, whether administered acutely or chronically during the development of dependence. |
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