The effects of cholinergic compounds on the development of morphine tolerance,dependence and increased naloxone potency in mice |
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Authors: | Chak-Lam Wong Geoffrey A Bentley |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, 3168, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | The effects of chronic treatment with morphine and cholinergic compounds on the development of morphine tolerance, physical dependence and increased naloxone potency were studied. Using the abdominal constriction method, it was shown that morphine tolerance was apparent after s.c. administration of morphine 20.0 mg/kg three times a day for four days. It was found that, in animals which showed a low degree of morphine tolerance, the naloxone potency was similar to that determined in mice which had been pretreated with only a single dose of morphine which causes no measurable tolerance. Thus, the development of increased naloxone potency and tolerance to morphine do not parallel each other. In addition, while atropine inhibited, and anti-cholinesterase drugs enhanced, the development of increased naloxone potency caused by morphine treatment they had no or little effect on the development of morphine tolerance. Futhermore, chronic treatment with cholinergic agonists reduced, while muscarinic antagonist enhanced, the development of physical dependendence on morphine as assessed by withdrawal jumping and body weight loss. It is concluded that the increased potency of naloxone in antagonising the antinociceptive effect of morphine can be dissociated from the development of tolerance to, and physical dependen on, morphine in mice. |
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Keywords: | Morphine analgesia Physical dependence Tolerance Antagonism Cholinergic Naloxone potency |
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