Relationship of prolactin response to meta-chlorophenylpiperazine with severity of drug use in cocaine dependence

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Rationale: Serotonergic (5-HT) mechanisms appear to mediate central effects of cocaine. Therefore 5-HT disturbances could be associated with drug severity. Objectives: We investigated whether prolactin (PRL) response to meta-chlorophenylpiperazine (m-CPP), a mixed 5-HT agonist/antagonist were associated with severity of cocaine use. Methods: Thirty-six cocaine-dependent subjects and 33 controls underwent a challenge with 0.5 mg/kg of oral m-CPP. Severity of drug use was assessed using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). Results: The PRL response to m-CPP was significantly blunted in cocaine patients compared to controls (F = 21.86, p < 0.001). ΔPRL (peak PRL - baseline PRL) was negatively correlated with ASI-drug (r = -0.45, p < 0.01), ASI-alcohol (r = -0.32, p < 0.05), and ASI-psychological (r = -0.41, p < 0.01) composite scores, and with the quantity, frequency and duration of drug use (r ranged from - 0.41 to - 0.32, p ranged from < 0.01 to 0.05). Hierarchical regressions showed that ASI-drug composite scores significantly predicted the variance in ΔPRL after controlling for behavioral and demographic variables (F = 4.27, p < 0.05). Conclusions: The results indicate that disturbances in 5-HT function as reflected by a blunted response to m-CPP seem to be primarily associated with severity of drug use and to a lesser, although significant extent with behavioral traits in cocaine-dependent patients. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Patkar, A. A., Mannelli, P., Hill, K. P., Peindl, K., Pae, C. U., & Lee, T. H. (2006). Relationship of prolactin response to meta-chlorophenylpiperazine with severity of drug use in cocaine dependence. Human Psychopharmacology, 21(6), 367–375. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.780

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