title: Reduction of tissue concentration of cocaine in rat by ketamine.
abstract: The coabuse of cocaine and ketamine occurs with high frequency. The presence of another active substance with cocaine allows for the potential of various drug-drug interactions to occur. This study investigated the tissue distribution after the administration of cocaine or ketamine alone and their combination in rat. Cocaine (5 mg/kg iv), ketamine (100 mg/kg by gavage), or ketamine followed by cocaine (same doses and routes of administration) was utilized. Tissue contents of cocaine and norcocaine were significantly lowered at 5, 15, and 30 min following ketamine administration versus cocaine alone. However, tissue contents of benzoylecgonine were significantly higher in the combination group compared to cocaine alone. On the other hand, cocaine administration did not affect the tissue disposition of ketamine. The results suggest that ketamine decreased cocaine tissue content, which may affect its pharmacological and toxicological profiles.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Newark, New Jersey 07103-2714, USA.
authors.forename: Hany Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Rofael
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003042:Cocaine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D007649:Ketamine; D003042:Cocaine