Pentoxifylline potentiates antiepileptic activity of diazepam on the model of treatment-resistant focal epilepsy

Kindling-syndrome was modeled in male Wistar rats using repeated corazole administration (25-30 mg/kg intraperitoneally). The effects of pentoxifylline (25 and 100 mg/kg intraperitoneally) and diazepam (0.05 and 1 mg/kg intraperitoneally) were studied in 3 weeks after kindling development under conditions of acute observation on the model of penicillin-induced foci in cerebral cortex. An anticonvulsant effect of combined treatment with diazepam and pentoxifylline in the doses, ineffective if administered separately (0.05 and 25 mg/kg intraperitoneally), was demonstrated. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.