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. 2013 Mar-Apr;18(2):75–82. doi: 10.1155/2013/164609

TABLE 1.

Mean dose, rescue medication dose, treatment preference, treatment effectiveness and Global Impression of Change scores

CR oxycodone/CR naloxone Placebo P
Medication dose every 12 h, mg 36.5±7.3/18.2±3.7 38.1±5.5/19.1±2.8 0.1050
Rescue dose, number of acetaminophen/codeine 300 mg/30 mg tablets/day (total administered acetaminophen/codeine, mg) 2.6±3.1 (780/78) 4.3±3.5 (1290/129) 0.0003
Treatment effectiveness*
  Patient 1.4±1.0 0.9±1.0 0.0216
  Investigator 1.4±1.0 1.0±1.0 0.0258
Treatment preference, %
  Patient (20% no preference) 56 24 0.0127
  Investigator (15% no preference) 57 28 0.0218
Global Impression of Change scores
  Patient 3.2±1.4 3.9±1.5 0.0102
  Investigator 3.1±1.4 4.0±1.6 0.0035

Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.

*

4-point scale: 0 = not effective; 1 = slightly effective; 2 = moderately effective; 3 = highly effective;

7-point scale: 1 = very much improved to 7 = very much worse