title: Interaction of mu-opioid antagonistic drugs with antiepileptics.
abstract: Interactions of the mu-opioid receptor antagonists, naloxone (0.3 and 1 mg/kg), cyprodime and clocinnamox (3 and 10 mg/kg for both drugs) with phenytoin (7 mg/kg), phenobarbital (7 mg/kg), carbamazepine (10 mg/kg) and valproic acid (130 mg/kg) were investigated using the electroconvulsive threshold in mice as a model in order to elucidate a possible role of mu-receptor mediated reactions in the mechanism of action of antiepileptic drugs. All 3 mu-antagonists are devoid of an effect on the electroconvulsive threshold. Pretreatment with the mu-antagonists resulted partly in an increase of anticonvulsant action, partly in a decrease, and partly the pretreatment had no effect on the electroconvulsive threshold. The anticonvulsant effect of phenytoin was antagonized dose-dependently by naloxone, that of phenobarbital by the dose of 10 mg/kg of clocinnamox. A common denominator of the mu-antagonistic interactions with anticonvulsants cannot be found and the effects observed are therefore considered as "unspecific".
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schicht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004597:Electroshock; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu