Amitifadine, a triple reuptake inhibitor, reduces self-administration of the opiate remifentanil in rats.

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Levin, Edward D

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Wells, Corinne

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Hawkey, Andrew

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Holloway, Zade

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Blair, Graham

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Vierling, Alexander

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Ko, Ashley

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Pace, Caroline

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Modarres, John

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McKinney, Anthony

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Rezvani, Amir H

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Rose, Jed E

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2023-12-06T16:30:10Z

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2023-12-06T16:30:10Z

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2020-06

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2023-12-06T16:30:09Z

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Rationale

A variety of neural systems are involved in drug addiction, and some of these systems are shared across different addictive drugs. We have found several different types of drug treatments that successfully reduce nicotine self-administration.

Objectives

The current set of studies is the first in a series to determine if drug treatments that have been found to significantly reduce nicotine self-administration would reduce opiate self-administration.

Methods

Amitifadine, a triple reuptake inhibitor of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin, was assessed in female Sprague-Dawley rats to determine whether it significantly reduces remifentanil self-administration with either acute or chronic treatment.

Results

Acutely, amitifadine doses of 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg each significantly reduced remifentanil self-administration. In a chronic study, repeated treatment with 10 mg/kg of amitifadine continued to reduce remifentanil self-administration, even after the cessation of treatment. However, amitifadine was not found to attenuate the rise in remifentanil self-administration with continued access. This study and our earlier one showed that the 10 mg/kg amitifadine dose did not significantly affect food motivated responding. Amitifadine did not attenuate remifentanil-induced antinociception as measured on the hot plate test but extended and maintained antinociceptive effects.

Conclusions

These studies show the promise of amitifadine as a treatment for countering opiate self-administration for adjunctive use with opioids for analgesia. Further studies are needed to determine the possible efficacy of amitifadine for combating opiate addiction or preventing it in humans during adjunctive use with opioids for chronic pain.
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10.1007/s00213-020-05489-w

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0033-3158

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1432-2072

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/29502

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eng

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Psychopharmacology

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10.1007/s00213-020-05489-w

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Animals

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Humans

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Rats

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Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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Pain

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Norepinephrine

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Dopamine

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Serotonin

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Aza Compounds

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Nicotine

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Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors

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Analgesics, Opioid

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Self Administration

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Motivation

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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

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Stereoisomerism

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Female

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Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic

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Remifentanil

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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Amitifadine, a triple reuptake inhibitor, reduces self-administration of the opiate remifentanil in rats.

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Journal article

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Levin, Edward D|0000-0002-5060-9602

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1681

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1689

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6

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Duke

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Nicholas School of the Environment

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School of Medicine

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Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Clinical Science Departments

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Institutes and Centers

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Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

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Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Duke Cancer Institute

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Psychology & Neuroscience

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Environmental Sciences and Policy

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Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

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University Institutes and Centers

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

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Initiatives

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Duke Science & Society

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Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences

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Published

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237

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