Abstract:
RATIONALE:Cocaethylene is a pharmacologically active homolog and metabolite of cocaine, formed by transesterification of cocaine in the presence of ethanol. Here we relate findings from a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study in which we examined the physiological and subjective effects and pharmacokinetics of i.v. administered cocaethylene in human volunteers using cocaine as a comparator. METHODS:Cocaine-dependent participants randomly received one study drug, cocaethylene (0.25 or 0.5 mg/kg), cocaine (0.25 or 0.5 mg/kg), or placebo, during each experimental session which occurred on separate days. RESULTS:Cocaethylene was less potent in elevating heart rate than equivalent doses of cocaine. Similar differences between cocaine and cocaethylene were found for subjective measures ("Cocaine High", "Rush", "Stimulated" and "Good Drug Effects"). All active drug conditions produced significant increases in systolic blood pressure relative to placebo, but no significant effect on diastolic blood pressure was observed. Cocaethylene demonstrated a slower clearance, larger volume of distribution and correspondingly longer elimination half-life than cocaine. CONCLUSION:The findings from this study confirm those of previous studies that show that cocaethylene has pharmacological properties in common with cocaine, but is less potent.
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Psychopharmacology (Berl)journal_title
Psychopharmacologyauthors
Hart CL,Jatlow P,Sevarino KA,McCance-Katz EFdoi
10.1007/s002139900363subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-04-01 00:00:00pages
153-62issue
2eissn
0033-3158issn
1432-2072journal_volume
149pub_type
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