Table 4

Effect of ethanol pretreatment on bupropion HCI-induced convulsions: duration of convulsions

Dose (mg/kg),
n = 10 per
group
Duration of convulsions



No. of short convulsions
(0 to 10 s)
No. of medium
convulsions
(11 to 30 s)
No. of long convulsions
(≥ 31 s)



BUP
ET + BUP
BUP
ET + BUP
BUP
ET + BUP

0 (V or ET +V)
0
1
0
1
0
0
100
1
78
1
17
0
14
110
22
6
0
3
0
6
120
18
17
3
1
0
3

n = 10 mice per group for bupropion HCl alone and ethanol + bupropion HCl treatment groups.

BUP, bupropion HCl; ET, ethanol; V, vehicle or 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl).

Silverstone et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:11   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-11