Diltiazem inhibits naloxone-precipitated and spontaneous morphine withdrawal in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Kishioka, Shiroh ^a   Inoue, Norihiro ^a   Nishida, Shigeru ^a   Fukunaga, Yuko ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight loss; Corticosterone; Diarrhea; Diltiazem; Morphine withdrawal; Naloxone precipitated withdrawal; Plasma; Rat; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; DIARRHEA; DILTIAZEM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030605220     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00651-6     Document Type: Article

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