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  • Title: Interaction of mazindol with alcohol in mice.
    Author: Gevaerd MS, Takahashi RN.
    Journal: Addict Biol; 1996; 1(3):303-7. PubMed ID: 12893470.
    Abstract:
    Combined anorectic-alcohol misuse is a prevalent problem in Brazil. In order to understand better the interactive effects of ethanol (EtOH) and mazindol (MZ), we examined the effects of EtOH (1.2 g/kg) and MZ (5.0 mg/kg) given alone or in combination, on mouse behaviour. The results indicate that EtOH plus MZ induces a significantly greater increase in locomotor activity of mice than either constituent alone. However, no such interactive effect was detected in the place preference and in the plus-maze test of anxiety. MZ given alone was found to increase the locomotor activity and to possess rewarding effects as measured in the place preference conditioning. At the dose selected, EtOH alone showed anxiolytic and rewarding effects. These results provide some evidence of increased behavioural effects in mice due to combinations of EtOH and MZ. These findings suggest that a major determinant of combined anorectic-alcohol misuse may be the increased stimulating effects produced by such combination.
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