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Table 4 Effect of ethanol pretreatment on bupropion HCI-induced convulsions: duration of convulsions

From: Alcohol significantly lowers the seizure threshold in mice when co-administered with bupropion hydrochloride

Dose (mg/kg),

n = 10 per

group

Duration of convulsions

 

No. of short convulsions

(0 to 10 s)

No. of medium

convulsions

(11 to 30 s)

No. of long convulsions

(= 31 s)

 

BUP

ET + BUP

BUP

ET + BUP

BUP

ET + BUP

0 (V or ET +V)

0

1

0

1

0

0

100

1

78

1

17

0

14

110

22

6

0

3

0

6

120

18

17

3

1

0

3

  1. n = 10 mice per group for bupropion HCl alone and ethanol + bupropion HCl treatment groups.
  2. BUP, bupropion HCl; ET, ethanol; V, vehicle or 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl).