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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions among haloperidol, carteolol hydrochloride and biperiden hydrochloride.

A beta-adrenoceptor blocker and an anticholinergic agent are often prescribed concomitantly for the treatment of neuroleptic-induced akathisia. The aim of this study was to investigate possible pharmacokinetic interactions of neuroleptic haloperidol with the beta-blocker carteolol and the anticholinergic biperiden. In a 5-step, open-labeled, oral single-dose study, eight healthy male volunteers received 2 mg haloperidol, 10 mg carteolol hydrochloride, and 2 mg biperiden hydrochloride: first each drug alone, then a combination of haloperidol and carteolol, and then all three drugs concurrently. Serum concentrations of haloperidol, carteolol, and biperiden were determined up to 24 hr postdosing, and a safety evaluation was conducted throughout the study. Carteolol increased the area under the haloperidol serum concentration-time curve (AUC0-t) 1.4-fold (P = 0.0014) and decreased the serum clearance of haloperidol up to 67% (P = 0.0127). Biperiden reduced the serum haloperidol concentrations increased by the administration of carteolol. No significant changes of the serum pharmacokinetics of carteolol and biperiden were found as a result of any drug combinations. Adverse events of the central nervous system such as sleepiness and changes in pupil size were observed, but all were mild with clinical insignificance.

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists↗

Biperiden administration in normal sleep and after rapid eye movement sleep deprivation in healthy volunteers.

Twenty-six healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Groups Bip-4 and Bip-6, each with six subjects, received 4 and 6 mg of biperiden, respectively, and were studied on acclimatization, baseline, biperiden, and follow-up nights. Group REM-P (n = 7) and Group REM-Bip (n = 7) were studied on acclimatization, baseline, six nights of REM sleep deprivation, and one recovery (treatment) night with either placebo (group REM-P) or biperiden (group REM-Bip), and one follow-up night. Biperiden 4 and 6 mg increased REM sleep latency and biperiden 6 mg reduced REM sleep time. On the recovery night following REM sleep deprivation Group REM-P and REM-Bip showed an increase in sleep continuity. REM sleep time in the REM-P group was increased during the recovery (treatment) night (REM sleep recovery), while the REM-Bip group did not show a significant REM sleep increase during recovery (treatment) night. It was not until the follow-up night that REM sleep increased in the REM-Bip group.

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Effect of fat tissue volume on the distribution kinetics of biperiden as a function of age in rats.

The relationship between the volume of fat tissue and variations in the time course of plasma biperiden concentration in rats has been examined in three different groups (4-, 10-, and 50-week-old rats). The plasma concentrations at 24 hr after iv injection of 3.2 mg/kg varied between 0.8 ng/ml (4-week-old rats) and 5.0 ng/ml (50-week-old rats). The rank order of the steady state distribution volume of biperiden was: 50-week-old rats greater than 10-week-old rats greater than 4-week-old rats. The fat volume of the whole body, extracted from the dried carcass with ether, varied between 42 g/kg (4-week-old rats) and 167 g/kg (50-week-old rats). There was a good correlation between the steady state distribution volume of biperiden per lean mass body weight and the fat volume per lean mass body weight (r = 0.987). The fat/plasma concentration ratios at 8 hr after the iv injection varied between 600 (4-week-old rats) and 200 (50-week-old rats), whereas the brain/plasma concentration ratios were identical to those at steady state among the three groups. The time courses of biperiden concentration in plasma, brain, and fat were simulated using a physiological pharmacokinetic model. There was reasonable agreement between the model predictions and the observed data, suggesting that the change in the fat volume is a dominant determinant of the distribution volume of biperiden in rats. Age-related changes in tissue and plasma concentrations are discussed in relation to the clinical usefulness of the blood level monitoring.

Adipose Tissue↗

The determination of biperiden in plasma using gas chromatography mass spectrometry: pharmacokinetics after intramuscular administration to guinea pigs.

A gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method has been developed for the analysis of the biperiden from plasma. The method utilizes 290 microl of plasma and a simple hexane extraction/clean-up procedure. Standard curves were linear over the range of 1.9-250 ng/mL. The range of correlation coefficients for the individual standard curves was 0.9984-0.9999; the largest coefficient of variation expressed as a percentage (% CV) was 11.5%. Precision and accuracy were examined by assessing between-day and within-day variability. For between-day precision, the % CVs ranged from 2.86 to 5.17%. Accuracy as expressed by percentage error ranging from -2.16 to 5.83%. The study for within-day precision demonstrated % CVs from 0.95 to 5.55% with accuracy from -3.37 to 2.45%. Applicability of the method was demonstrated by examining the pharmacokinetics of intramuscular (i.m.) biperiden as an anticonvulsant treatment in a guinea pig model for organophosphate (OP)-induced seizure activity. Mean pharmacokinetic parameter estimates were similar to literature values; selected mean pharmacokinetic parameter estimates were: apparent volume of distribution, 13.9 L/kg; half-life of elimination, 93 min; time to maximal plasma concentration, 27.4 min; and maximal plasma concentration, 32.22 eta g/mL. The time to maximal plasma concentration was found to be similar to the onset time for terminating OP-induced seizure activity in guinea pigs receiving biperiden as an anticonvulsant treatment. The studies indicate that the method affords the required precision, accuracy and sensitivity to assay biperiden at the doses utilized for these pharmacokinetic studies after i.m. administration to guinea pigs.

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Biperiden effects and plasma levels in volunteers.

The pharmacokinetics of biperiden was studied and compared with pharmacodynamics (pupil size, accommodation, self-rating mood scale) in 6 healthy volunteers. A single-blind cross-over design was employed with placebo and biperiden (4 mg as commercially available tablets). After a lag time of 0.5 h, biperiden was rapidly absorbed with a half-life of 0.3 h, plasma peak levels of 5 ng/ml being reached after 1.5 h. Biperiden showed good tissue penetration (distribution half-life 0.6 h; ratio of total to central distribution volume 9.6), the terminal half-life time of plasma concentration was 18 h, and the oral clearance was 146 l/h. The pharmacodynamic maximum lagged behind the plasma peak concentration by 1 (self-rating) to 4 h (accommodation).

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The effect of pilocarpine and biperiden on salivary secretion during and after radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients.

PURPOSE: The influence of parasympathicomimetic pilocarpine and anticholinergic biperiden on salivation in patients irradiated for malignant tumors of the head and neck region was assessed in a prospectively designed clinical study. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Sixty-nine patients, irradiated for head and neck cancer with salivary glands included in the irradiation fields, were randomly assigned into three groups (A, B, and C). Group A consisted of patients receiving pilocarpine, group B of those who were receiving biperiden during radiotherapy and pilocarpine for 6 weeks after its completion, while group C comprised patients not receiving any xerostomy prevention therapy during or after radiotherapy. The quantity of secreted unstimulated saliva was measured before the beginning of radiotherapy, after 30 Gy of irradiation, on completed irradiation, and 3, 6, and 12 months after completion of radiotherapy. RESULTS: Saliva secretion has been found to be the least affected by irradiation treatment in the group of patients receiving biperiden throughout the course of radiotherapy. Six months after completed irradiation, the differences in the quantity of secreted saliva between groups C and B as well as between groups A and B were statistically significant (P = 0.002 and 0.05 respectively). In patients receiving pilocarpine during radiotherapy, and those in the control group, further decrease in saliva secretion was observed. One year after completed therapy, the quantity of secreted saliva could only be measured in the patients receiving biperiden during radiotherapy: it amounted to 16% of the average quantity of saliva secreted before the beginning of irradiation. CONCLUSION: It seems that the inhibition of saliva production during irradiation treatment and the stimulation after completed radiotherapy may contribute to the preservation of salivary gland function after therapy.

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Effects of two anticholinergic drugs, trospium chloride and biperiden, on motility and evoked potentials of the oesophagus.

BACKGROUND: Anticholinergic drugs are known to impair the motor function of the oesophagus but their effects on the oesophageal afferent pathways are unknown. AIM: To determine the effects of a peripherally-acting (trospium chloride) and a centrally-acting (biperiden) anticholinergic drug on the motility and the evoked potentials of the oesophagus. METHODS: Nine healthy volunteers were randomized to receive 1.2 mg trospium chloride (TC), 5 mg biperiden (BIP) or saline i.v. Primary peristalsis was elicited by swallowing a 5 mL water bolus and secondary peristalsis by insufflation of 20 mL air, 10 times each. Oesophageal potentials were evoked by electrical stimulation in the distal and proximal oesophagus (30 stimulations at 0.4 Hz, two runs). RESULTS: Both anticholinergic drugs reduced by a similiar amount the contraction amplitudes (TC 17 mmHg, BIP 25 mmHg, saline 67 mmHg; P < 0.01) and the rate of secondary contractions (TC 60%, BIP 70%, saline 95%; P < 0.01). In contrast, only biperiden prolonged the latencies of the evoked potentials (N1 peak, distal oesophagus: BIP 191 ms, TC 102 ms, saline 101 ms; P < 0.01; P1 peak: BIP 322 ms, TC 161 ms, saline 144 ms; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Both anticholinergic drugs depress oesophageal motility, but only the centrally-acting anticholinergic drug biperiden modifies the oesophageal evoked potentials, suggesting a central cholinergic transmission of the oesophageal afferent pathways.

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[Delirium syndrome in biperiden poisoning].

We report on two cases of self-induced intoxication with the anticholinergic agent biperiden (oral ingestion of at least 200 mgs. in case 1, and of 60 mgs. in combination with 300-400 mgs levomepromazine in case 2). An acute delirious state and other somatic symptoms of a toxic anticholinergic action dominated the clinical picture. Serial measurements of biperiden serum levels revealed values up to 50-fold (case 1) and 15-fold (case 2) of those usually observed under therapeutic doses of biperiden. In both cases, the intoxication was controlled by the application of physostigmine and general therapeutic measures. We discuss the prognosis of biperiden intoxications, and the clinical symptomatology and therapy of drug-induced anticholinergic syndromes.

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The influence of pilocarpine and biperiden on pH value and calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonate concentrations in saliva during and after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of parasympathomimetic pilocarpine and anticholinergic biperiden on salivation, pH value, and calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonate concentrations in saliva in patients irradiated for malignant tumors of the head and neck region. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-nine patients were randomly assigned into 3 groups. Group A consisted of patients receiving pilocarpine, group B of those who were receiving biperiden during radiotherapy and pilocarpine for 6 weeks after its completion, and group C comprised patients receiving neither of the mentioned drugs. The quantity of secreted unstimulated saliva, its pH value, as well as calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonate concentrations in saliva were measured before the beginning of radiotherapy, after 30 Gy of irradiation, at completed irradiation, and 3, 6, and 12 months after completion of radiotherapy. RESULTS: Saliva secretion was found to be the least affected in the group of patients receiving biperiden throughout the course of radiotherapy. One year after completion of therapy, the quantity of secreted saliva could only be measured in the patients receiving biperiden during radiotherapy; it amounted to 16% of the average initial quantity of saliva secreted before the beginning of irradiation. In all 3 groups of patients, mean pH value decreased during radiotherapy and started to increase again after completion of irradiation. In group B the decrease in pH value after radiotherapy was statistically significantly smaller than that in group C (P =.01). During and after irradiation, calcium concentration was increased in all 3 groups of patients. Phosphate concentration decreased during radiotherapy in all 3 groups. In group B it started to increase again 3 months after completion of radiotherapy. Bicarbonate concentration showed a slight increase during radiotherapy and started to decrease again after completion of irradiation. CONCLUSION: The results of our study indicate that the inhibition of saliva secretion during radiotherapy and its stimulation after completion of treatment can contribute not only to some preservation of the quantity of saliva but also to at least partial preservation of its quality in terms of pH value and calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonate concentrations.

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The influence of biperiden in overdose on respiration and circulation in the dog.

Biperiden lactate was administered intravenously in overdose to dogs under general anaesthesia. Biperiden appeared to have a toxic influence on respiration and circulation independently. Respiratory arrest occurred at a dose of 33 +/- 10 mg/kg and has probably a central origin. When artificial ventilation was instituted circulatory standstill occurred at a dose of 45 +/- 5 mg/kg. The toxic influence of biperiden is characterised by a decrease of heart rate and of left ventricular contractility resulting in cardiogenic shock. Biperiden is compared with orphenadrine as far as its potential hazard is concerned for patients trying to commit suicide by ingesting an overdose.

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Biperiden and haloperidol plasma levels and extrapyramidal side effects in schizophrenic patients.

Anticholinergic drugs such as biperiden are used for the treatment of extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) induced by neuroleptics such as haloperidol. The effects of biperiden and haloperidol plasma levels on EPS were studied in 29 chronically ill schizophrenics. The results show relationships between biperiden dose and biperiden plasma levels (BPL), and between BPL and haloperidol plasma levels (HPL). Neither BPL nor HPL seem to influence EPS.

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Effects of biperiden and amantadine on memory in medicated chronic schizophrenic patients. A Double-blind cross-over study.

BACKGROUND: The effects on memory of an anticholinergic (biperiden) and a dopaminergic (amantadine) anti-Parkinsonian agent were compared. METHOD: Twenty-six chronically medicated schizophrenic (DSM-III-R) in-patients received amantadine (200 mg/day) or biperiden (4 mg/day) for two weeks in a double-blind cross-over design. RESULTS: Biperiden treatment was associated with significantly lower scores on Benton Visual Retention Test (P < 0.003) and the visual subscale of Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) (P < or = 0.02), with a trend to poorer scores on WMS total (P = 0.086) and the digit span (P = 0.07) and logical memory (P = 0.06) subscales. CONCLUSIONS: In usual clinical doses, biperiden interferes with memory, particularly visual, more than amantadine.

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The effects of biperiden on nap sleep after sleep deprivation in depressed patients.

Sixteen patients with a major depressive disorder were allowed to take a nap at 5 A.M. after a period of total sleep deprivation. The patients were randomly assigned to biperiden or placebo treatment prior to the nap to test the hypothesis that anticholinergic medication is capable of preventing a nap-related worsening of mood. Total sleep deprivation positively influenced mood for the whole group. Contrary to expectations, the rate of nap-related relapses of mood did not differ between placebo- and biperiden-treated individuals, and biperiden did not significantly suppress rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. There was only a tendency for lower REM time after administration of biperiden compared to placebo. This unexpected result may be due to a high cholinergic tone in the patient group investigated and a high REM propensity in the early morning hours. Studies with more selective M1/M2 receptor antagonists are necessary to clarify whether nap-related changes of mood can be prevented by anticholinergic blockade.

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[Biperiden abuse as a partial factor in polytoxicomania].

We found 16 patients (15%) taking the anticholinergic biperiden because of its psychotropic action, occasionally, rather frequently or regularly, among a subgroup of 120 drug-dependent patients (drugs of the barbiturate and amphetamin types) out of a studied total of 194 imprisoned male addicts. These biperiden abusers suffered without exception from polytoxicomania associated with drug dependence and alcoholism. Most prominent was drug dependence on drugs of the morphine type. We could not prove a case of an isolated "primary" abuse of biperiden. Direct medical prescription was a rather secondary factor in procuring this preparation, in contrast to analgesics, tranquilisers, barbiturates and clomethiazol. Increase of biperiden abuse is due, on the one hand, to a generally noticeable tendency to polytoxicomania, and on the other hand to a change in Federal German drug prescription rules effective 1 August 1986 according to which fenetylline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic, is now subject to medical prescription. Other centrally acting anticholinergics were unknown among this group of patients and were not abused. The results are discussed on the basis of available literature.

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No difference in the effect of biperiden and amantadine on parkinsonian- and tardive dyskinesia-type involuntary movements: a double-blind crossover, placebo-controlled study in medicated chronic schizophrenic patients.

BACKGROUND: There are few objective guidelines for the clinician in the choice of antiparkinsonian drugs, even though these drugs are a heterogeneous group. We compared the effect of biperiden (M1 selective anticholinergic) and amantadine (dopaminergic) on neuroleptic-induced parkinsonian extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) and tardive dyskinesia (TD)-type involuntary movements. METHOD: Thirty-two schizophrenic (DSM-III-R) inpatients on long-term stable antipsychotic and trihexyphenidyl treatment entered the study. Antipsychotics were kept constant, but trihexyphenidyl was replaced by placebo under single-blind conditions for 1 week, and the the patients were randomly assigned to either amantadine 100 mg b.i.d. or biperiden 2 mg b.i.d. treatment under double-blind conditions for 2 weeks. After a second 1-week placebo period, the test drugs were crossed over under double-blind conditions. Assessments of tardive dyskinesia (Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale [AIMS]) and of parkinsonian extrapyramidal side effects (Simpson-Angus Neurologic Rating Scale) were made pretreatment and posttreatment. RESULTS: Twenty-six patients completed all study procedures. Amantadine and biperiden were equally effective in relieving neuroleptic-induced EPS and did not exacerbate TD-type movements. AIMS scores during treatment were significantly lower than during placebo period. The findings were similar in patients with diagnosable TD. CONCLUSION: Amantadine and biperiden have similar effects on neuroleptic-induced EPS and TD and may ameliorate mild TD.

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Administration of haloperidol with biperiden reduces mRNAs related to the ubiquitin-proteasome system in mice.

In order to find molecules affected by administration of an antipsychotic drug with an antimuscarinic drug, which is a common prescription used to prevent extrapyramidal adverse effects caused by the antipsychotic drugs, gene expression profiling in the frontal cortex was studied in mice. After 14 days of administration with 2 mg/kg haloperidol, a typical antipsychotic drug, and 2 mg/kg biperiden, a high-affinity antagonist for muscarinic receptors in the brain, approximately 500 mRNAs related to synaptic function were investigated. The levels of the mRNAs related to the ubiquitin-related systems were significantly reduced after the combined administration. However, the separate administration of either haloperidol or biperiden had little effect on the levels of the mRNAs. This result suggests that coadministration of haloperidol and biperiden specifically affects the ubiquitin-related system.

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The antiparkinsonian drugs budipine and biperiden are use-dependent (uncompetitive) NMDA receptor antagonists.

N-Methyl-D-aspartate- (NMDA-) evoked [3H]acetylcholine release in rabbit caudate nucleus slices was inhibited by the antiparkinsonian drugs budipine (1-tert-butyl-4,4-diphenylpiperidine) and biperiden (1-bicyclo[2.2.1.]hept-5-en-2-yl-1-phenyl-3-piperidino propanol) yielding functional Ki values of 4.6 and 8.8 microM. In contrast to the competitive antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonopentaonate, budipine and biperidene significantly reduced both the apparent KD and the Emax value of NMDA. Moreover, they displaced [3H]MK-801 specifically bound to membranes of the same tissue, although with low affinity (IC50: 38 and 92 microM). It is concluded that budipine and biperiden are use-dependent (uncompetitive) antagonists at the NMDA receptor, binding to the receptor-linked ion channel, but probably not to the MK-801 binding site. NMDA antagonism may contribute to the antiparkinsonian effects of budipine.

Acetylcholine↗

Biperiden-induced delirium model in rats: a behavioral and electroencephalographic study.

AIMS AND METHODS: In order to elucidate the neural mechanisms of delirium, we administered the anticholinergic drug, biperiden (40 mg/kg i.p.), to 10 adult male Wistar rats and examined the resulting polygraphic recordings, including electroencephalography (EEG), electrooculography (EOG), and electromyography (EMG), for 60 min following injection. EEG data were investigated quantitatively by power spectrum analyses using fast Fourier transformation. Ten male Wistar rats receiving saline (i.p.) were used as the control group. RESULTS: Treated rats demonstrated two types of alternating behavioral change: a hyperactive and hypoactive state. In the hyperactive state, rapid walking, excessive random sniffing, and retropulsion were observed, with EEG desynchronization (significantly increased alpha1 (8.0-10.0 Hz), alpha2 (10.0-13.0 Hz), and beta (13.0-30.0 Hz) power values), as well as EEG slowing (significantly increased delta (0.5-4.0 Hz) and theta1 (4.0-6.0 Hz) power values): significantly marked rapid eye movement, and increased EMG activity. In the hypoactive state, motor arrest and drowsiness were observed, with prominent EEG slowing (significantly increased delta and theta1 power values): significantly decreased rapid eye movement and moderately decreased EMG activity. On the other hand, the control group did not show any behavioral or polygraphic changes. CONCLUSIONS: The behavioral and polygraphic changes induced by biperiden administration in rats are similar to those of delirium in humans. Therefore, it is proposed that biperiden-treated rats are a good delirium model and the anticholinergic mechanism is one of the potent factors in the development of delirium in humans.

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