title: [Behavioral study on an antitussive and expectorant, and of its constituents. II. Effects on ambulatory activity after repeated administration, and a modification of the methamphetamine sensitivity in mice].
abstract: Effects of repeated oral administration of a commercial preparation of antitussive and expectorant, BRON-W Solution (SS Pharmaceut., BRON; 10ml/kg), and of single and combination of dihydrocodeine (2HCOD; 10mg/kg), methylephedrine (MEPH; 20mg/kg), caffeine (CAF; 20.6mg/kg) and chloropheniramine (CPA; 4mg/kg) were investigated by means of ambulatory activity in mice. The drug doses tested were identical with those in BRON 10ml/kg. The drug administration was conducted 5 times at intervals of 3-4 days. Furthermore, 4 days after the final treatments, all mice were given methamphetamine 2 mg/kg s.c. In the single administration regimen of individual drugs, only CAF significantly increased the ambulatory activity. However, there was no significant change in the ambulation-increasing effect of CAF after the repeated administration. The other 3 drugs failed to elicit any marked change in the activity throughout the 5 times administration. Such the repeated administration of the individual drugs induced no significant change in the sensitivity to the ambulation-increasing effect of methamphetamine. BRON and BRON-corresponding combination of 4 drugs increased the ambulatory activity in the 1st administration, and the ambulation-increasing effect was progressively enhanced by the repeated administration of these preparations. On the other hand, although CAF-containing solutions significantly increased the ambulatory activity in the 1st administration, the proportions of the changes in the ambulatory activity during the repeated administration regimen were different from that observed after BRON. The combined administration of 2HCOD + MEPH + CPA failed to increase the ambulatory activity in the 1st administration, but significantly increased it in the 2nd and 3rd administration, then elicited again no significant increase in the activity in the 4th and 5th administration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuribara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine; D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003061:Codeine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C062969:caffeine, chlorpheniramine, dihydrocodeine, methylephedrine drug combination; D002110:Caffeine; D002744:Chlorpheniramine; D008694:Methamphetamine; D004809:Ephedrine; D003061:Codeine