title: Interaction of mianserin and some hypotensive drugs in Wistar rats.
abstract: Mianserin is thought to exert little effect on the cardiovascular system. In fact its safety in comparison with tricyclic drugs is high. Various experiments gave varying results as for the influence of the drug on arterial blood pressure in people and animals. Therefore, a study was undertaken in Wistar rats to evaluate interactions of mianserin administered intraperitoneally as a single dose, and for 21 days with 3 hypotensive drugs showing different mechanism of action (propranolol, enalapril, prazosine). The systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure was measured with a LETICA apparatus. The results of the study revealed that administration of mianserin in normotensive rats leads to a short-term decrease in blood pressure and significantly enhanced the hypotensive effect of prazosine. Repeated doses of mianserin lead to a temporary increase in blood pressure after 2 weeks of administration. Single and repeated administration of mianserin did not change the hypotensive effect of propranolol and enalapril. Three-week therapy with mianserin significantly enhanced the hypotensive effect of prazosine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Lódź, Poland. dgorska@pharm.am.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Górska
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrzejczak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D008297:Male; D008803:Mianserin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008803:Mianserin