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Metapramine is an antidepressant.1 It decreases action potential amplitude and maximal signal velocity and increases conduction time in isolated dog Purkinje fibers when used at a concentration of 10 µM. Metapramine (10 mg/kg) reduces ethanol consumption in ethanol-preferring rats.2 It inhibits reperfusion-induced increases in ventricular arrhythmias in a rat model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury induced by ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery when used at a concentration of 175 µM.3 Metapramine (10 mg/kg) increases the latency to tail withdrawal in the tail-flick test and inhibits phenylbenzoquinone-induced writhing in mice when administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg.4 Formulations containing metapramine have been used in the treatment of depression.
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1. Electrophysiological effects of some antidepressant drugs on canine cardiac Purkinje fibres. Cardiovasc. Res. 21(11), 783-789 (1987).
2. Attenuation by antidepressant drugs of alcohol intake in rats. Alcohol 1(5), 379-383 (1984).
3. Comparison of the effect of antidepressant drugs on arrhythmias in the isolated rat heart subjected to myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 60(4), 249-254 (1987).
4. Analgesic effects of metapramine and evidence against the involvement of endogenous enkephalins in the analgesia induced by tricyclic antidepressants. Pain 31(3), 391-400 (1987).