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Hsu WH: Drug interactions of levamisole with pyrantel tartrate and dichlorvos in pigs. Am J Vet Res. 1981 Nov;42(11):1912-4. The LD50 from subcutaneous administration of levamisole in castrated male pigs (15 to 25 kg) was established as 39.8 mg/kg. Oral administration of dichlorvos (60 mg/kg, 3 times the anthelmintic dosage level) 1 hour before levamisole injection lowered blood cholinesterase activity to approximately 60% that of the controls, but did not change the LD50 of levamisole. In contrast, oral administration of pyrantel tartrate (25 mg/kg, an anthelmintic dosage level) did not lower blood cholinesterase activity, but rather, increased the toxicity by lowering the LD50 of levamisole from 39.8 mg/kg to 27.5 mg/kg. The data supported the hypothesis that levamisole toxicity was enhanced by nicotine-like compounds (ie, pyrantel), but was not affected by organophosphates (ie, dichlorvos). |
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