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  • Title: The effects of naltrexone on the development of physical dependence on morphine.
    Author: Bhargava HN.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1978 Aug 01; 50(3):193-202. PubMed ID: 567585.
    Abstract:
    A single i.p. injection of naltrexone (20 mg/kg) partially inhibited the development of physical dependence upon morphine in mice rendered dependent on morphine by implantation of a pellet containing 75 mg of morphine free base for three days. This was evidenced by an increase in the dose of naloxone (ED50) required to precipitate withdrawal jumping response. The increase in naloxone ED50 was much more pronounced when naltrexone was given prior to and during the course of pellet implantation. Inhibition was also observed when naltrexone was administered one day after the morphine pellet implantation, i.e., after some dependence had already developed. Naltrexone administration prior to and during the development of dependence also inhibited, but only partially, the loss of body weight and hypothermic response observed during abrupt withdrawal of morphine in morphine-dependent mice. The inhibitory effect of naltrexone on morphine dependence development was not associated with changes in brain morphine concentration.
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