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Dyskinesias in monkeys: interaction of methamphetamine with prior methadone treatment.

Abstract
Rhesus monkeys with a history of drinking methadone, but presently drug-free, were injected with low doses of methamphetamine (MA). They immediately developed oral dyskinesias resembling the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia in humans, a condition resulting from chronic blockade of striatal dopamine receptors by neuroleptics. Nine of 11 control monkeys failed to develop dyskinesias during prolonged MA administration. A stressful stimulus intensified the MA-elicited oral dyskinesias, an effect analogous to exacerbation of tardive dyskinesias by emotional stress. Control monkeys were then injected with methadone, chlorpromazine, haloperidol, or saline for 45 days. Ten days following this chronic treatment, MA immediately elicted oral dyskinesias in the methadone and chlorpromazine monkeys. Acute administration of the dopaminergic blocking agents chlorpromazine, spiroperidol, and clozapine eliminated MA-elicited dyskinesias, whereas the alpha-adrenergic blocker phentolamine was ineffective. Physostigmine blocked the dyskinesias in 1 of 2 cases. Sedative doses of phenobarbital and diazepam had no effect on oral dyskinesias. These data indicate that chronic treatment with methadone or other dopamine receptor blocking agents leads to receptor supersensitivity to the actions of MA.
AuthorsR D Eibergen, K R Carlson
JournalPharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior (Pharmacol Biochem Behav) Vol. 5 Issue 2 Pg. 175-87 (Aug 1976) ISSN: 0091-3057 [Print] United States
PMID825885 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Naloxone
  • Methamphetamine
  • Spiperone
  • Physostigmine
  • Clozapine
  • Haloperidol
  • Diazepam
  • Chlorpromazine
  • Methadone
  • Phenobarbital
  • Phentolamine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chlorpromazine (pharmacology)
  • Clozapine (pharmacology)
  • Diazepam (pharmacology)
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced (physiopathology)
  • Haloperidol (pharmacology)
  • Haplorhini
  • Humans
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Male
  • Methadone (pharmacology)
  • Methamphetamine
  • Naloxone (pharmacology)
  • Phenobarbital (pharmacology)
  • Phentolamine (pharmacology)
  • Physostigmine (pharmacology)
  • Spiperone (pharmacology)
  • Stereotyped Behavior (drug effects)

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