ISSN:
1432-1041
Schlagwort(e):
Diazepam
;
ethanol
;
plasma levels
;
interaction
;
motor performance
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
Summary In eight normal volunteers, the combination of ethanol (0.5 g/kg) and diazepam (10 mg) administered orally produced a greater decrease in motor performance on a pursuit rotor than diazepam alone. The pharmacologic effect of diazepam was enhanced by 73% and this potentiation was associated with significantly greater diazepam concentrations (p〈0.01) than after diazepam alone. The failure to observe any increase in the concentrations of the principal metabolite, N-desmethyl diazepam, during the period of enhanced pharmacologic effect precludes any change in the demethylating metabolic process as being responsible. The data suggest (0.10〉p〉0.05) a trend to a smaller volume of distribution of diazepam when ethanol is administered prior to diazepam ingestion. The subjects showed acute tolerance to the effects of diazepam. Lower plasma concentrations on the ascending side of the plasma diazepam concentration versus time profile were linked with the same pharmacologic responses associated with a greater drug concentration on the descending portion, of the same curve.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00566531
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