title: Effects of three narcotic antagonists (naltrexone, diprenorphine, and S-20682) on blood pressure, heart rate and electrical cortical activity.
abstract: Three narcotic antagonist drugs (EN-1639 or naltrexone, M-5050 or diprenorphine and the 6-oxo analogue of oxilorphan, S-20682) were evaluated in increasing doses (1-80 micrograms/kg) in the unanaesthetised dog for possible effects on blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, arterial blood gases, and convulsive EEG changes. Compared to the control-awake situation, diprenorphine and S-20682 induced hypotension (maximum fall 15%), bradycardia (maximum 12%) and bradypnoea (maximum 25%). These effects were not increased at doses higher than 20 micrograms/kg. Despite the induced bradypnoea, there were no significant changes in arterial pO2 and pCO2. Simultaneously, with the cardio-respiratory changes, EEG activity shifted from high frequency, low amplitudes of the awake state, to low frequency, high amplitudes of a sleep-like state. Convulsive EEG changes were never recorded with any of the tested compounds. It is suggested that the observed cardiovascular changes are due to a reduced state of vigilance, since auditory stimuli induced an arousal reaction with a reversal of the depressed variables. In contrast, naltrexone induced only bradycardia in the observed dose range (maximum 25%). There were no effects on blood pressure, respiratory rate, arterial blood gases and EEG.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects*; D004174:Diprenorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D009019:Morphinans / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: C022915:20682-S; D009019:Morphinans; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004174:Diprenorphine; D009271:Naltrexone