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12543220

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The development of tolerance to therapeutic effects of antiepileptic drugs can be a problem in the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and pain syndromes. In the present study, acute treatment with the new antiepileptic drug lamotrigine (LTG, 15 mg/kg) markedly suppressed seizure stage and seizure duration in amygdala-kindled rats; but this antiseizure effect was rapidly lost following 4-8 days of repeated treatment. When gabapentin (GBP, 20 mg/kg) was coadministered with LTG, the ability of LTG to suppress seizure stage, seizure duration, and after-discharge (AD) duration was markedly extended. In addition, GBP coadministration with LTG decreased the number of animals that developed LTG-related running fits (Stage 6 seizures) and lengthened the number of days required to develop running fits or complete tolerance. Neither acute nor repeated treatment with MK-801 (0.3 mg/kg), a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, had effects on kindled seizures. However, cotreatment with MK-801 markedly extended the anticonvulsant effects of LTG on the three seizure indices and reduced running fits. These data indicate that cotreatment with either GBP or MK-801 slows tolerance development to the anticonvulsant effects of LTG on kindled seizures. Therapeutic implications of the present study remain to be explored.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
565-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Coadministration of gabapentin or MK-801 with lamotrigine slows tolerance to its anticonvulsant effects on kindled seizures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. zzhang1@usuhs.mil
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't