Phentermine plus fenfluramine produce cocaine-like discriminative cues

Title

Phentermine plus fenfluramine produce cocaine-like discriminative cues

Creator

Schechter M D; McBurney D

Publisher

Life Sciences

Date

1996
1996-10

Description

Drug discrimination studies were conducted in six male Sprague-Dawley rats trained to discriminate the interoceptive cues produced by 10 mg/kg cocaine in an effort to investigate if there is stimulus generalization to phentermine or phentermine + fenfluramine. Once having reached criterion performance, these rats were tested with lower doses of cocaine and generated a typical dose-response curve allowing for calculation of an ED(50) value: 2.798 mg/kg. Testing of phentermine in doses of 1.25-5.0 mg/kg indicated generalization with the highest dose producing 80% cocaine-appropriate responding and allowing for an ED(50) value of 2.356 mg/kg. When the phentermine doses were tested in combination 2.0 mg/kg fenfluramine, however, there was an increase in the discriminability of the highest phentermine dose and a slight decrease in the ED(50) value of the combination. Thus, administration of phentermine + fenfluramine, having both dopamine-releasing and serotonin-releasing properties, respectively, may mimic the neurochemical activity by which cocaine acts in the central nervous system and may possibly allow for cocaine-like effects as these two drugs see increased use in obesity control.

Subject

analogs; cocaine; combinations; drug discrimination; fenfluramine; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; phentermine; receptors; Research & Experimental Medicine; serotonin; stimulus properties

Format

Journal Article

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Pages

PL303-PL308

Issue

20

Volume

59

Citation

Schechter M D; McBurney D, “Phentermine plus fenfluramine produce cocaine-like discriminative cues,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed March 28, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/7100.