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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jan 15;109(1-3):130–138. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.018

Table 2.

Mean peak subjective effects ± one standard error of the mean for non-drug abusers and drug abusers as a function of oxycodone dose (VAS range: 0–100 mm; DEQ range: 0–4, except for drug liking, which ranged from −4 to 4; OSC range: 0–13) Items shown are those for which statistically significant changes were found.

Non-drug
Abusers
Drug
Abusers
0 mg/70 kg 15 mg/70 kg 30 mg/70 kg 0 mg/70 kg 15 mg/70 kg 30 mg/70 kg
Visual Analog
Scales
Bad Effect 4.2 (1.6) 26.8 (7.8) a 46.8 (7.6) a, b 14.7 (6.3) 29.8 (7.1) 43.1 (8.1) a
Good Effect 13.8 (3.9) 55.7 (7.9) a 51.2 (9.2) a 21.7 (5.8) 66.3 (6.5) a 64.0 (6.6) a
High 8.4 (3.6) 61.9 (8.5) a 65.2 (7.9) a 24.1 (6.8) 68.7 (5.2) a 76.4 (6.3) a
Liked the Choice 21.4 (6.9) 53.6 (8.1) a 40.6 (9.1) 23.0 (5.2) 59.6 (6.8) a 58.8 (7.8) a
Nauseated 9.7 (4.1) 25.9 (7.4) 41.6 (9.2) a 10.6 (6.4) 38.1 (9.4) a 44.4 (9.9) a
Potent 9.3 (5.8) 63.3 (8.2) a 61.4 (9.9) a 22.3 (6.6) 64.6 (6.8) a 82.3 (6.3) a
Quality 13.0 (6.2) 55.2 (9.4) a 45.0 (9.9) 18 (4.8) 61.9 (6.6) a 62.8 (7.6) a
Sleepy 44.3 (8.7) 72.2 (7.0) a 68.8 (8.2) a 52.1 (8.5) 68.1 (8.5) 71.5 (7.6)
Social 24.9 (5.7) 27.7 (4.6) 28.9 (6.3) 22.4 (5.7) 45.4 (6.5) a 41.9 (7.1) a
Stimulated 44.6 (5.3) 54.0 (7.3) 51.4 (7.3) 23.6 (5.2) 54.8 (7.8) a 52.9 (8.6) a
Talkative 18.4 (6.0) 29.5 (5.8) 26.1 (6.3) 21.3 (5.0) 48.9 (6.3) a 42.4 (6.3) a
Would Pay ($) 0.28 (0.28) 2.28 (0.73) 2.11 (0.68) 1.50 (0.65) 6.89 (1.02) a 7.39 (1.40) a
Drug Effects
Questionnaire
Bad Effect 0.2 (0.1) 1.6 (0.3) a 2.1 (0.3) a 0.3 (0.1) 1.1 (0.3) 1.7 (0.3) a
Good Effect 0.8 (0.2) 2.6 (0.3) a 2.8 (0.3) a 1.2 (0.2) 3.0 (0.2) a 2.8 (0.3) a
Like 0.8 (0.3) 2.3 (0.3) a 2.2 (0.3) a 1.1 (0.3) 2.8 (0.2) a 2.6 (0.3) a
Strong 1.4 (0.3) 3.2 (0.2) a 3.5 (0.2) a 1.7 (0.3) 3.4 (0.1) a 3.7 (0.2) a
Take Again 2.6 (0.4) 3.3 (0.2) 3.2 (0.2) 1.7 (0.3) 3.1 (0.3) a 3.0 (0.3) a
Opiate Symptom
Checklist
Sum 3.2 (0.4) 5.8 (0.4) a 6.8 (0.4) a 2.9 (0.4) 6.6 (0.5) a 7.2 (0.5) a
a

indicates a significant difference from placebo and

b

indicates a significant difference between 15 and 30 mg/70 kg oxycodone.