Table 3.
Percent blockade (95% confidence interval) of peak cannabis effect by oral rimonabant in 22 adult male subjects who smoked an active cannabis (2.78% THC) cigarette on day 8 or 15 (n = 11 for each dose group)
Pharmacodynamic measure | Day 15 |
Day 8 |
|
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40 mg daily for 15 days | 90 mg (day 15 only) | 40 mg daily for 8 days | |
ΔHeart rate | 65.6 (36.3, 100) |
64.3 (35.1, 98.9) |
75.7 (35.7, 124) |
VAS composite | 14.3 (−26.3, 57.3) |
29.4 (−10.6, 74.4) |
19.2 (3.1, 35.7) |
M-scale | 23.6 (−30.8, 85.8) |
23.6 (−30.8, 85.8) |
30.3 (2.2, 60.0) |
ΔHeart Rate Change from baseline (before rimonabant dosing); VAS composite mean of scores on three 100-mm visual analog scales for "How high do you feel now?", "How strong is the drug effect you feel now?" and "How stoned on marijuana are you now?"; M-scale marijuana subscale of Addiction Research Center Inventory