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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2012 Sep 19;153(12):2315–2324. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.07.035

Table 3.

Domains of opioid human abuse liability laboratory testing and some recommended endpoints to assess those domains

Domain Endpoints
Subjective effects (Primary endpoint) Liking
Likelihood to take again
Drug identification
Drug high
Physiological responses (Secondary endpoint) Pupillary constriction (miosis)
Respiration rate and oxygen saturation
Drug self-administration behavior (Optional endpoint) Discrete trial choice: drug vs. drug
Nonverbal operant procedure: modified progressive ratio schedule
Cognitive and psychomotor performance (Optional endpoint) No specific recommendations at this time