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Possible Interaction: Berberine and Morphine

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Berberine

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Recently, berberine was reported to inhibit the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse such as cocaine, morphine , and nicotine.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry  •  2010  |  View Paper
Injection of berberine (10 and 20 mg/kg) 2 h before the morphine administration reduced acquisition of morphine-induced CPP.
Objective: It has been shown that berberine , a major component of Berberis vulgaris extract, modulates the activity of several neurotransmitter systems including dopamine (Da) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) contributing to rewarding and reinforcing effects of morphine.
Avicenna journal of phytomedicine  •  2016  |  View Paper
Taken together, these findings demonstrated that BER administration significantly reduced morphine withdrawal-associated behaviors following discontinuation of repeated morphine administration in rats, possibly through modulation of hypothalamic CRF and the central noradrenergic system.
The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology  •  2012  |  View Paper