The influence of cocaine and desipramine on the cardiac responses to exogenous and endogenous norepinephrine

European Journal of Pharmacology
M N Levy, B Blattberg

Abstract

In open-chest, anesthetized dogs, cocaine and desipramine potentiated the pressor, chronotropic, inotropic and coronary sinus blood flow responses to norepinephrine (NE) infusions. The chronotropic and inotropic responses were also prolonged, the former more markedly than the later and the extraction of exogenous NE from the coronary blood stream was diminished. Cocaine and desipramine also potentiated the pressor and coronary sinus blood flow responses, but not the chronotropic or inotropic responses, to stimulation of the left ansa subclavia. The inotropic response was slightly prolonged, however, and the chronotropic response was markedly prolonged. The overflow of NE into the coronary sinus blood was not increased by either neuronal uptake blocking agent. It is proposed that cocaine and desipramine, at the doses employed, diminish the release of NE from the cardiac nerve endings at the same time that they inhibit reuptake of the neurotransmitter. Their mechanisms of action and their side effects on the circulatory system do not appear to differ significantly.

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