ISSN:
1432-1041
Keywords:
diazepam
;
alcoholic beverages
;
plasma level
;
pharmacokinetics
;
co-ordination skills
;
red wine
;
white wine
;
whisky
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Twenty paid healthy students ingested diazepam 10 mg 30 min after the administration of ethanol 0.8 g/kg. The alcoholic beverage used was varied in randomized double-blind experiments, which were repeated at one-month intervals. Psychomotor performance, plasma diazepam, and alcohol concentration in breath were measured 30, 60, 90 min and 2, 3, 4, 6 and 24 h after the ingestion of diazepam. Beer and white wine elevated the plasma level of diazepam and the effect lasted for up to 2 h. Whisky elevated the diazepam level for 90 min. Red wine did not affect it significantly. The alcohol-diazepam combination impaired tracking skills and oculomotor co-ordination and enhanced nystagmus, more than diazepam alone. Red wine produced a breath alcohol concentration higher than after white wine. More nystagmus was recorded after red wine and diazepam, although white wine led to a higher plasma diazepam concentration. It appears that simultaneous ingestion of alcohol and diazepam accelerates the absorption of diazepam. This pharmacokinetic alteration may not contribute much to the combined psychomotor effects of diazepam and alcohol, which were mainly due to pharmacodynamic interaction at receptor level.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00608405
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