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ArticlePsychopharmacology2013

Memantine and dizocilpine interactions with antinociceptive or discriminative stimulus effects of morphine in rats after acute or chronic treatment with morphine.

Yukun Chen, Marianne Evola, Alice M Young

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yukun ChenDepartment of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Marianne Evola
Alice M Young
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

BEHAVIORAL STUDIES OF OPIOID TOLERANCE AND DEPENDENCER01DA003796 · NIDA · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI YOUNG, ALICE M · 1985 to 2006
$2.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA003796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleMemantine is a N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) channel blocker that binds to dizocilpine sites and appears well tolerated during chronic use. Published studies suggest NMDAR antagonists prevent development of tolerance to effects of morphine by blocking NMDAR hyperactivation.

objectivesWe sought to compare effects of memantine to those of the more frequently studied dizocilpine and to evaluate memantine as a potential adjunct to modify tolerance to mu-opioid receptor agonists.

methodsSprague-Dawley rats were trained to discriminate morphine (3.2 mg/kg) and saline under fixed ratio 15 schedules of food delivery. Potency and maximal stimulus or rate-altering effects of cumulative doses of morphine were examined 30 min after pretreatment with dizocilpine (0.032-0.1 mg/kg) or memantine (5-10 mg/kg) and after chronic treatment with combinations of dizocilpine or memantine and morphine, 10 mg/kg twice daily, for 6 to 14 days. Effects of dizocilpine or memantine on morphine antinociception were examined in a 55 °C water tail-withdrawal assay with drug treatments parallel to those in discrimination studies.

resultsAcutely, memantine attenuated while dizocilpine potentiated the stimulus and antinociceptive effects of morphine. Neither chronic dizocilpine nor memantine blocked tolerance to the stimulus effects of morphine. In contrast, combined treatment with dizocilpine (0.1 mg/kg) blocked tolerance to antinociceptive effects of lower (0.1~3.2 mg/kg) but not higher doses of morphine, whereas memantine did not block tolerance.

conclusionsMemantine and dizocilpine interacted differently with morphine, possibly due to different NMDAR binding profiles. The lack of memantine-induced changes in morphine tolerance suggests that memantine may not be a useful adjunct in chronic pain management.

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Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsDiscrimination LearningDisease Models, AnimalDizocilpine MaleateDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleDrug InteractionsDrug ToleranceExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMaleMemantineMorphinePainRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAnalgesics, OpioidDizocilpine MaleateExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMemantineMorphineReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateReceptors, Opioid, mu

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PMID22864944
PMCPMC3777440
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