Rimonabant (SR141716) has no effect on alcohol self-administration or endocrine measures in nontreatment-seeking heavy alcohol drinkers
| Autor: | Stephanie S. O'Malley, Vijay A. Ramchandani, Raafat Bishai, David T. George, Cheryl L. Jones, Christopher B. Geyer, Debra Hill, David Herion, Robert R. Rawlings, Erick Singley, Markus Heilig, George Kunos, David E. Spero, Monte J. Phillips, Jacqueline Hersh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Hydrocortisone medicine.medical_treatment Alcohol Self Administration Article chemistry.chemical_compound Alcohol and health Rimonabant Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Double-Blind Method Piperidines Receptor Cannabinoid CB1 Reward Internal medicine mental disorders medicine Humans Psychiatry Pharmacology Motivation Antagonist medicine.disease Substance abuse Alcoholism Endocrinology chemistry Cannabinoid receptor antagonist Pyrazoles lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Female Cannabinoid Self-administration Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Psychopharmacology. 208(1) |
| ISSN: | 1432-2072 |
| Popis: | There is an extensive literature showing that the CB(1) cannabinoid receptor antagonist rimonabant (SR141716) decreases alcohol consumption in animals, but little is known about its effects in human alcohol drinkers.In this study, 49 nontreatment-seeking heavy alcohol drinkers participated in a 3-week study. After a 1-week baseline, participants received either 20 mg/day of rimonabant or placebo for 2 weeks under double-blind conditions. During these 3 weeks, participants reported their daily alcohol consumption by telephone. Subsequently, they participated in an alcohol self-administration paradigm in which they received a priming dose of alcohol followed by the option of consuming either eight alcohol drinks or receiving $3.00 for each nonconsumed drink. Endocrine measures and self-rating scales were also obtained.Rimonabant did not change alcohol consumption during the 2 weeks of daily call-ins. Similarly, the drug did not change either alcohol self-administration or endocrine measures during the laboratory session.We conclude that the daily administration of 20 mg of rimonabant for 2 weeks has no effect on alcohol consumption in nontreatment-seeking heavy alcohol drinkers. |
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