Abstract
The drug-admixed food method was applied to ICR strain mice for studying development of physical dependence on morphine. Mice were treated with morphine-admixed food of increasing concentration (1, 2 and 3 mg/g food) every third day for 9 days. During the treatment, the mice did not show any signs of toxicity. Plasma and brain morphine levels were quantitatively related to the morphine concentration in drug-admixed food. The plasma morphine level showed a circadian rhythm, and the level was higher than 0.1 5 μg/ml throughout the day. The morphine-treated mice manifested body weight loss, diarrhea and ptosis from 4 hr after morphine withdrawal and showed maximum body weight loss at 12 hr. In the naloxone-precipitated test, jumping and body shakes were observed in mice treated with morphine-admixed food (2 mg/g food) at least for 1 day. Moreover, in mice treated with morphine (2 mg/g food) for 3 days, marked jumping and body shakes and some writhing were observed after naloxone administration. These results suggest that the drug-admixed food method has advantages of easily and rapidly inducing the physical dependence on morphine in mice without causing toxicity and death.
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