title: Interaction between enoxacin, a new antimicrobial, and nimesulide, a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent in mice.
abstract: Convulsions induced by the combination of enoxacin, a new antimicrobial, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including nimesulide, ketoprofen, pranoprofen and loxoprofen sodium, were investigated in mice. The oral administration of nimesulide alone induced clonic convulsions at more than 300 mg/kg. The oral administration of ketoprofen, pranoprofen or loxoprofen sodium induced no convulsion up to 1000 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg and 600 mg/kg, respectively, and that of enoxacin induced no convulsion at more than 5000 mg/kg. The combination of nimesulide at 200 mg/kg and enoxacin at 400 mg/kg induced no convulsion. In contrast, the combination of enoxacin at 100 mg/kg and either ketoprofen at 125 mg/kg or pranoprofen at 500 mg/kg induced clonic convulsions, while that of enoxacin at 400 mg/kg and loxoprofen sodium at 600 mg/kg induced no convulsion. These results suggest that the combination of nimesulide and enoxacin may possibly induce few or less convulsions in the clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Tosu Research Laboratories, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc., Saga, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000633:toxicity*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D015365:Enoxacin / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D013449:Sulfonamides; D015365:Enoxacin; C012655:nimesulide