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[In vivo bioequivalence study of Sulpirid (GYKI-Alkaloida) and Dogmatil fort (Delagrange) 200 mg sulpiride tablets in healthy volunteers].

A single-dose, "crossover" bioequivalence study was conducted in healthy volunteers by comparing sulpiride serum levels after oral administration of the Test Product Sulpiride (200 mg) (GYKI-Alkaloida) in fasting subjects with those produced after oral administration of a marketed reference product (200 mg) (Delagrange Co., France). Statistical comparisons of Cmax, Tmax and AUC0-infinity have been performed utilizing ANOVA with subject, group, subject within group, period and product as sources of variance. No significant differences between the Test Drug and the Reference Drug considering the pharmacokinetic parameters Cmax, Tmax and AUC0-infinity were found. The 95% confidence intervals were as follows: AUC0-infinity: -20.46% and 31.19%, Cmax: -28.05% and 26.65% and Tmax: -43.53% and 20.67%. In the study for the analysis of Sulpiride a specific HPLC procedure with uv detection (lambda = 228 nm) and an internal standard were applied according to P. Nicolas et al. with modification. Sulpiride levels in serum reached a maximum at 4.4 hr +/- 1.5 (S.D.) following administration of Sulpiride tablet and at 5.0 hr +/- 0.8 (S.D.) after Dogmatil fort tablet. The maximal serum concentrations were 506.1 ng/ml +/- 87.2 (S.D.) and 509.1 ng/ml +/- 101.9 (S.D.) for Sulpiride and Dogmatil fort, respectively. The half-life of Sulpiride in serum was 9.9 hr +/- 1.3 (S.D.) following dosing with Dogmatil fort tablet and 12.2 hr +/- 3.0 (S.D.) following dosing with Sulpiride tablet.

Adult

The importance of pharmacokinetic data on sulpiride: results of a bioequivalence study of two sulpiride 200 mg preparations following oral administration.

In a within-subject comparative trial in 16 healthy volunteers, the bioequivalence of two sulpiride 200 mg preparations was tested using a model-free method of calculation as well as assuming 2- and 3-compartment models. As to AUC act., AUC inf. and Cmax, the test preparation was shown to be significantly superior. Some other differences were found depending on which calculation method was used. The Cmax of the test preparation showed therapeutically relevant plasma concentrations of greater than 400 ng/ml, compared with about 300 ng/ml for the reference preparation. Based upon the raw data obtained, it was the aim of this study to gain further knowledge about other kinetic parameters on which only few data is available. T1/2 beta, clearance, volume of distribution and MRT were calculated using 2- and 3-compartment models. Comparisons with literature data were made and it resulted that a better description of the sulpiride kinetics was obtained when a 3-compartment model was used. Finally, the course of the plasma level was calculated by computer extrapolation assuming a thrice daily administration of sulpiride 200 mg. As a result, steady-state is reached after 3-4 days showing plasma concentrations around 650 ng (reference preparation) and 850 ng (test preparation).

Administration, Oral

[L-sulpiride in the treatment of somatoform disturbances: a double-blind study with racemic sulpiride].

Thirty out-patients, age ranging from 22 to 64 years (mean 49.20 +/- 1.71 SE) diagnosed according to DSM III-R, were studied to evaluate clinical efficacy and tolerability of L-sulpiride (L-SLP) vs racemic sulpiride (SLP) in the treatment of somatoform disorders. After one week of placebo treatment, not responders were treated under double blind conditions with L-SLP (150 mg po/die) (group 1) or with SLP (300 mg po/die) (group 2) for three weeks. A placebo week followed the treatment. Clinical picture and side-effects were evaluated at the beginning of the study and then weekly using the Lipman scale for somatoform disorders (SCL), the Hamilton rating scale for anxiety (HRS-A), the EPSE for extrapyramidal side-effects and a check list for anticholinergic side-effects (ACS). Haematochemical routine, ECG and EEG were controlled at the beginning and at the end of the study. All patients showed a significant improvement (p less than 0.01 for group 1, p less than 0.05 for group 2) at the SCL from the first week of treatment. Patients treated with L-SLP showed a significant improvement (p less than 0.01) of HRS-A since the first week of treatment, while group 2 showed it since the second week. Extrapyramidal and anticholinergic side-effects were more frequent in group 2. This study seems to confirm the useful use of L-SLP in somatoform disorders; clinical and tolerability data point out that this isomer is more potent than the racemic compound, with less side-effects.

Adult

Spectrophotofluorometric method for quantitative determination of sulpiride in human plasma and urine.

A new spectorophotofluorometric method for the determination of sulpiride (S) in the human plasma and urine is described. The plasma concentrations (0--24 hours) and renal excretions (0--48 hours) of sulpiride were measured after Dogmatil forte (Schürholtz), or Sulpiril (Leiras) tablets both containing 200 mg of sulpiride, after two Sulpiril capsules (Leiras) containing 50 mg of sulpiride in each capsule, and after 20 ml Dogmatil saft (Schürholtz) and 20 ml Sulpiril mixt. (Leiras) both containing 5 mg/ml of sulpiride. There were no significant differences in the sulpiride concentrations in plasma or cumulative urinary excretion of sulpiride after Dogmatil forte (200 mg S) or Sulpiril tablet (200 mg S). Two Sulpiril capsules (100 mg S) produced significantly lower plasma concentrations of sulpiride at 3 hours than a Sulpiril tablet (200 mg S) and these were also lower at 4 and 6 hours than with either a Dogmatil forte (200 mg S) or a Sulpiril tablet (200 mg S). Two Sulpiril capsules (100 mg S) gave significantly higher plasma sulpiride concentrations from 1 to 6 hours than 20 ml Sulpiril mixt. (100 mg S) and from 2 to 6 hours higher than 20 ml Dogmatil saft (100 mg S). The plasma half-life of sulpiride measured after two Sulpiril capsules, 20 ml Dogmatil saft and 20 ml Sulpiril mixt., was 9.4 hours, 9.5 hours, and 10.2 hours, respectively. The renal excretion of sulpiride after two Sulpiril capsules (100 mg S) was significantly lower than after a Sulpiril tablet (200 mg S) from 8 to 48 hours, and also significantly lower than after a Dogmatil forte tablet (200 mg S) from 24 to 48 hours. Two Sulpiril capsules (100 mg S) gave significantly higher sulpiride urine concentrations from 8 to 24 hours than 20 ml Sulpiril mixt. (100 mg S) and from 24 to 48 hours than 20 ml Dogmatil saft (100 mg S). There was no significantly differences in this respect between either a Dogmatil forte tablet (200 mg S) and a Sulpiril tablet (200 mg S) or between Dogmatil saft (100 mg S) and Sulpiril mixt. (100 mg S). Comparied with a Dogmatil forte tablet, the bioavailability, calculated by the AUC24 for a Sulpiril tablet was 159%, for a Sulpiril capsule 118%, for Dogmatil saft 77%, and for Sulpiril mixt. 89%. The same values calculated from the sulpiride urine concentrations were 118%, 114%, 71%, and 67%, respectively. There were no significant differences in the blood pressure or heart rate of the volunteers during the experiment. 2 volunteers reported a sedative effect after a Dogmatil forte tablet.

Adult

[Sulpiride in the management of gastroduodenal ulcers. A comparative double-blind study].

UNLABELLED: Sulpiride (Dogmatil) is a new type of drug acting on the hypothalamus resulting in a physiological increase in amplitude and frequency of gastric motor activity, reduction of signs of abnormal activity and pyloric spasm and an increase in the rate of gastric emptying. Gastric secretion is for all practical purposes unchanged, either in quantity or in acid content. The effects of Sulpiride on the duodenum are similar through some hypotony may be seen. The motor effects of Sulpiride do not relate to its effectiveness in treatment of gastroduodenal ulceration and experiments have shown that this activity can be explained by the reduction of capillary vaso-constriction in local blood circulation at the site of experimentally-induced ulcers, producing a vaso-dilatation assisting healing. This study objectively evaluates the activity of Sulpiride in gastro-duodenal ulcers. 64 patients were studied under strict criteria and acute hemorragic, multiple or abnormally situated ulcers as well as those associated with other infections were eliminated. The dosage was uniform, two ampoules daily of 100 mgs i.m. of Sulpiride or placebo for 12 days, followed by 3 capsules daily of 50 mgs of Sulpiride or placebo for 48 days. No other treatment was given and no dietery restrictions were imposed, though alcohol and Aspirin and similar drugs were restricted. Of the 64 patients, 26 (18 men, 8 women, aged from 21 to 80 years) had gastric ulcers, 14 were treated with Sulpiride, 12 with placebo. 38 cases (29 men and 9 women, aged between 21 and 70 years) had duodenal ulcers, 18 were treated with Sulpiride, 20 with placebo. Full clinical, biological, radiological and endoscopic tests were carried out and a full questionnaire was completed. RESULTS: Highly significant differences in favour of Sulpiride were shown in both gastric and duodenal ulcer cases, maximum from the 20th day than less significative radiological results appeared. Similar remarks apply to endoscopic results. Sulpiride was extremely well tolerated, though amenorrhea (1) or galactorrhea (2) were noted without causing inconvenience to the patient. The author believes that the clinical effectiveness of Sulpiride in the treatment of gastro-duodenal ulcers is incontestable showing maximum results in ambulatory patients from the 20th day. A large number of patients would probably have produced statistically significant differences in radiological and endoscopic evidence of healing.

Adult

Effect of sulpiride on serum growth hormone and prolactin concentrations following L-DOPA administration in man.

The effect of chronic administration of sulpiride on serum human growth hormone (hGH), prolactin and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was examined in 6 normal subjects. Sulpiride was given orally at a dose of 300 mg (t.i.d.) for 30 days. Sulpiride raised serum prolactin levels in all subjects examined. In addition, sulpiride suppressed hGH release induced by L-dopa, although the basal hGH level was not changed. Sulpiride treatment appeared to antagonize partially the inhibitory effect of L-dopa on prolactin release. Following thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) injection, the percent increment in prolactin levels from the baseline in sulpiride-treated subjects was less than in controls without sulpiride. In contrast, both the basal and TRH-stimulated TSH levels were not influenced by sulpiride. These observations suggest that sulpiride suppresses L-dopa-induced hGH release and stimulates prolactin release, presumably by acting against the dopaminergic mechanism either on the hypothalamus or on the pituitary. The decreased prolactin response to TRH after sulpiride treatment may indicate a diminished reserve capacity in pituitary prolactin release.

Administration, Oral

Enhancement by sulpiride of the inhibitory effects of cysteamine on gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats.

The effects of sulpiride on cysteamine inhibition of gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and on the BUdR labelling index of gastric mucosa were investigated in inbred Wistar rats. After 25 weeks of oral treatment with MNNG, rats received one of the following alternate-day injections: cysteamine (2 doses), cysteamine (2 doses) plus sulpiride or sulpiride. At week 52, prolonged administration of cysteamine significantly reduced the incidence of adenocarcinomas of the glandular stomach. Cysteamine at low dose had no effect on the incidence of gastric cancers, but a combination of low-dose cysteamine and sulpiride caused a significantly greater reduction in the incidence of gastric cancers. Administration of sulpiride alone had no influence on gastric carcinogenesis. The labelling index of the antral mucosa was significantly lower in rats treated with high but not low doses of cysteamine. However, a combination of low-dose cysteamine and sulpiride significantly decreased the labelling index of the antral mucosa. Our findings indicate that cysteamine suppressed gastric carcinogenesis and that sulpiride enhanced this inhibition. Because sulpiride is a dopamine antagonist, these findings also indicate that dopamine may play an important role in cysteamine inhibition of gastric carcinogenesis.

Animals

Sulpiride has an antiaggressive effect in mice without markedly depressing motor activity.

The atypical neuroleptic, sulpiride is a selective D2 antagonist, having a preferential action on mesolimbic regions. The effects of acute and chronic treatment with sulpiride on aggressive behaviour in male mice were studied using an ethologically based analysis. It was hypothesized that sulpiride would diminish "threat" and "attack" but would not produce marked "immobility", because of the mesolimbic effect referred to above. Isolated albino male mice (experimental animals) were confronted by "standard opponents". Acutely-treated experimental animals received an intraperitoneal injection of sulpiride (20, 50 or 100 mg/kg) 30 min before testing. Chronically-treated animals received sulpiride (10, 20 or 50 mg/kg) once a day for 7 or 14 consecutive days. Acute treatment with sulpiride had an obvious antiaggressive effect, with significantly decreased time devoted to "attack" and "threat" behaviour. Although time spent in "immobility" was modestly increased, the time devoted to other motor behaviour was also increased. Chronic treatment for 1 or 2 weeks did not change any behavioural category, except "immobility". The antiaggressive action of acutely administered sulpiride is interpreted as a relatively specific dopaminergic antagonist effect and not as merely a non-specific correlate of its disruptive action on motor behaviour. The possible anxiolytic action of sulpiride is also discussed.

Aggression

The effects of S(-) and R(+) sulpiride, metoclopramide, cisapride and domperidone on the small intestine suggest DA2-receptors are involved in the control of small intestinal transit time in rats.

To study the effect of intraperitoneal S(-)sulpiride (1-15 mg/kg), R(+)sulpiride (5-10 mg/kg), metoclopramide (1-15 mg/kg), cisapride (10 mg/kg) and domperidone (5-10 mg/kg) on intestinal progression, rats were given the test drug followed by oral lactulose. Their hydrogen excretion was used to calculate the small bowel transit time (SBTT) and maximum peak time (MPT). Metoclopramide (7.5 mg/kg) had the greatest effect on SBTT (-25%), followed by S(-)sulpiride and domperidone. S(-)sulpiride (10 mg/kg) had the greatest activity on the MPT (-35.2%) followed by metoclopramide. R(+)sulpiride and cisapride did not modify SBTT and MPT. In conclusion S(-)sulpiride is the isomer active on intestinal transit and DA2-receptors seem important targets in the modulation of intestinal progression, since S(-)sulpiride, metoclopramide and domperidone are DA2-receptor antagonists, and R(+)sulpiride and cisapride are not. The H2 breath test proved a valid method for measuring the effect of drugs on the small intestine in animals.

Animals

Acute endocrine profile of sulpiride in the human.

Normal men and normally menstruating women received i.m. injections of 0.1 to 4.0 mg/kg sulpiride. This psychotropic drug induced a very rapid (already significant after 5 minutes) and sustained (still significant after 7 hours) elevation of prolactin (PRL) concentrations in all subjects with no consistent modification of LH and FSH. After injection of 4.0 mg/kg, there was similarly no modification of mean TSH concentrations in the women tested in the luteal phase, as well as of mean GH levels in men. Sulpiride prevented the inhibitory effect on PRL levels of 500 mg levodopa, administered orally simultaneously; levodopa administered 2 hours prior to sulpiride failed to counteract the PRL-stimulatory effect of sulpiride. Under chronic sulpiride-induced hyperprolactinaemia, levodopa exhibited however a very slight inhibitory effect on PRL concentrations. These data are in agreement with the hypothesis that sulpiride acts mainly at the pituitary level by blocking dopamine receptors of the lactotropes and support the concept that the menstrual cycle perturbations observed under chronic sulpiride administration result from hyperprolactinaemia itself or from a mechanism quite similar to that by which sulpiride induces hyperprolactinaemia.

Adolescent

Effects of hachimijiogan on dopamine, serotonin and vasoactive intestinal peptide in plasma and hypothalamus in sulpiride-induced hyperprolactinemic rats.

Effect of Hachimijiogan (HJ) on dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was examined in plasma and hypothalamic tissue of sulpiride-induced hyperprolactinemic rats (SHR). Similar to bromocriptine (BR), HJ, in combination with sulpiride, suppressed plasma prolactin levels raised by sulpiride alone. Furthermore, HJ, together with sulpiride, increased plasma DA levels decreased by sulpiride alone, while 5-HT in plasma was increased by sulpiride and HJ, individually or in combination. However, plasma VIP levels were under detection limits on some occasions after HJ treatment. Successively, DA, 5-HT and VIP levels in the hypothalamus were determined. Similar to the effect caused by BR, DA and 5-HT levels in hypothalamic tissue reduced by sulpiride alone were also significantly increased by HJ together with sulpiride, while VIP levels were sometimes under detection levels with or without HJ. These results suggest that HJ stimulates the hypothalamus to increase DA and 5-HT in SHR, providing evidence for the clinical efficiency of HJ in combating hyperprolactinemia. The effect of HJ on VIP in plasma or hypothalamic tissue is, however, questionable.

Animals

Effects of sulpiride and oxypertine on the dopaminergic system in the rat striatum.

We have examined the effects of sulpiride, oxypertine and haloperidol on the behavioral and biochemical dopamine receptor function in the rat striatum. Although acute treatment with haloperidol or oxypertine induced catalepsy, tolerance to catalepsy developed following chronic treatment with haloperidol but not with oxypertine. Rats treated with acute or chronic sulpiride did not show signs of catalepsy. Intracerebroventricular administration of sulpiride, however, induced catalepsy and tolerance developed after chronic treatment. After chronic treatment with either of these three drugs, dopamine D2 receptors were up-regulated in the striatum. While acute administration of haloperidol, sulpiride or oxypertine increased the concentration of homovanillic acid in the striatum, the rate of increases was attenuated following chronic treatment with haloperidol or sulpiride, but not with oxypertine. While acute administration of sulpiride or oxypertine decreased dopamine, the decrease was attenuated following repeated administration of sulpiride but not of oxypertine. These results suggest that the unique pharmacological profile of oxypertine may be related to its therapeutic effect of activating apathetic patients, and that both sulpiride and oxypertine may cause tardive dyskinesia, as haloperidol does.

Animals

Dopamine receptor blocking activity of sulpiride in the central nervous system.

Effects of sulpiride on the central nervous system were studied in catalepsy induction (I) and antagonism to gnawing behaviour (II) induced by apomorphine and methamphetamine in normal rats, and in antagonism to rotational behaviour (III) induced by apomorphine and methamphetamine in rats with substantia nigra unilaterally lesioned chronically by microinjection of 6-hydroxydopamine. Sulpiride was administered orally and intraventricularly, and the effects of sulpiride were compared to those of haloperidol and chlorpromazine administered through the same routes. In oral administration, sulpiride was almost inactive in (I), and was several hundreds to a thousand times less potent than haloperidol in (II) and (III), while chlorpromazine was 20 to 150 times stronger than sulpiride. In intraventricular administration, sulpiride was almost equipotent to haloperidol in (I), and was equally effective to or 2 to 3 times more effective than halopridol in (III), although several times less in all respects. These findings suggest that sulpiride is essentially a potent inhibitory substance on dopamine receptors in the central nervous system and the rather weak central effects of peripherally given sulpiride are due to poor penetration through the blood brain barrier.

Administration, Oral

Augmentation of puerperal lactation by oral administration of sulpiride.

The effect of oral administration of sulpiride on PRL secretion and initiation of puerperal lactation was studied in 130 randomly selected primiparous nursing mothers. Sixty-six women were given 50 mg sulpiride orally twice a day during the first 7 days of the puerperium (sulpiride group). Sixty-four women were given a placebo in the same way (control group). The mean (+/-SE) total milk yield during the first 5 postpartum days in the sulpiride group (1211.7 +/- 65.0 ml) was significantly greater than that in the control group (916.0 +/- 66.0 ml). Every other day determinations of serum PRL levels revealed significantly higher concentrations in the sulpiride group than in the control group. A single oral dose of 50 mg sulpiride raised serum PRL levels for 12 h, with a peak level at 2 h after dosing in 7 women on the second postpartum day. These data suggest that sulpiride given orally promotes the initiation of lactation in puerperal women by stimulating PRL secretion.

Adult

Comparative pharmacokinetics of sulpiride and N-[(1-butyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-2-methyl-5-sulfamoyl-2,3- dihydrobenzofuran-7-carboxamide hydrochloride, a new lipophilic substituted benzamide in rats.

The pharmacokinetics of a new lipophilic substituted benzamide N-[(1-butyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-2-methyl-5-sulfamoyl-2,3- dihydrobenzofuran-7-carboxamide hydrochloride (1) and sulpiride in both plasma and brain were investigated in rats. The octanol-water partition coefficients of the base of 1(2) and sulpiride were 6.3 and 0.2, respectively. The eliminations of 2 from plasma and brain were similar to those of sulpiride. The systemic bioavailabilities of 1 and sulpiride after oral administration of 200 mg/kg were 60.9 +/- 10.9 and 18.2 +/- 6.4%, respectively. The brain concentrations of 2 were about 2-3 times higher than those of sulpiride until 4 h after oral administration of 100 mg/kg. The brain/plasma ratios of 2 were about 2 times higher than those of sulpiride. These results indicate that the penetration of 2 through the gastrointestinal membrane and/or the blood-brain barrier are higher than those of sulpiride.

Animals

Plasma concentrations of cortisol, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone in stallions after physical exercise and injection of secretagogue before and after sulpiride treatment in winter.

Ten lighthorse stallions were used to determine 1) whether prolactin (PRL) and cortisol responses previously observed after acute exercise in summer would occur in winter when PRL secretion is normally low, 2) whether subsequent treatment with a dopamine receptor antagonist, sulpiride, for 14 d would increase PRL secretion and response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and exercise, and 3) whether secretion of LH, FSH, and cortisol would be affected by sulpiride treatment. On January 11, blood samples were drawn from all stallions before and after a 5-min period of strenuous running. On January 12, blood samples were drawn before and after an i.v. injection of GnRH plus TRH. From January 13 through 26, five stallions were injected s.c. daily with 500 mg of sulpiride; the remaining five stallions received vehicle. The exercise and secretagogue regimens were repeated on January 27 and 28, respectively. Before sulpiride injection, concentrations of both cortisol and PRL increased (P less than .05) 40 to 80% in response to exercise; concentrations of LH and FSH also increased (P less than .05) approximately 5 to 10%. Sulpiride treatment resulted in (P less than .05) a six- to eightfold increase in daily PRL secretion. The PRL response to TRH increased (P less than .05) fourfold in stallions treated with sulpiride but was unchanged in control stallions. Sulpiride treatment did not affect (P greater than .05) the LH or FSH response to exogenous GnRH.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Animals

[Regulation of (-)-sulpiride-induced increase in evoked dopamine release from striatal slices in rat].

The effects of dopamine (DA) agonist and antagonists on (-)-sulpiride-induced increase in electrically evoked DA release from striatal slices of rats were investigated. (-)-Sulpiride at concentrations of 10 nM to 1 microM in the superfusate caused a dose-dependent increase in electrically evoked DA release from the slices. (+)-Sulpiride had little effect on the evoked DA release up to 1 microM. Apomorphine inhibited the electrically evoked DA release which was antagonized by sulpiride. SCH 23390 and forskolin had no effect on the sulpiride-induced enhancement of evoked DA release. Pretreatment with the irreversible DA receptor antagonist, N-ethoxy-carbonyl-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline (EEDQ), caused a significant increase in evoked DA release and prevented the sulpiride-induced increase in evoked DA release. These results indicate that the sulpiride-induced increase in evoked DA release is due to an antagonism of the activation of DA autoreceptors by endogenously released DA.

Animals