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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jun 4;133(1):188–197. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.010

Table 3.

Peak values calculated during Phase 2 over Days 8-13

Peak maximum values: Placebo
(n=12)
T 200 mg
(n=12)
T 600 mg
(n=12)
p value
Withdrawal measures:
 Subject-rated adjectives total 7.4 (2.2) 7.5 (1.9) 10.5 (1.8) -
  -Hot/cold 0.0 (0.0) 0.3 (0.1) 0.5 (0.2) -
 Observer-rated adjectives total 7.2 (0.8) 7.8 (1.5) 9.7 (1.3) -
  -Heavy/sluggish 1.2 (0.3) 1.3 (0.1) 2.1 (0.2) 0.014
  -Irritable 0.6 (0.2) 0.3 (0.1) 1.6 (0.4) 0.003
  -Depressed 0.6 (0.2) 0.9 (0.3) 1.4 (0.2) -
 SOWS total 3.4 (1.1) 3.0 (1.0) 4.8 (0.9) -
 Himmelsbach total 4.8 (0.5) 4.7 (0.7) 5.3 (0.5) -
  -Rhinorrhea 1.1 (0.2) 1.4 (0.2) 1.7 (0.1) -
VAS medication items:
 Helping withdrawal 23.1 (10.9) 28.4 (10.6) 28.7 (9.8) -
 Side effects 8.9 (8.3) 0.0 (0.0) 1.6 (1.3) -
 Any drug effect 24.5 (10.6) 30.4 (10.4) 27.8 (9.3) -
 High 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) -
 Good effects 26.3 (10.5) 30.4 (10.6) 28.1 (9.2) -
 Like 25.5 (10.6) 24.3 (8.7) 23.8 (9.2) -
 Bad effects 8.8 (8.3) 0.4 (0.4) 0.8 (0.6) -
 Feel sick 1.5 (1.5) 0.1 (0.1) 0.0 (0.0) -
 Crave 1.3 (1.3) 9.7 (5.9) 4.8 (4.8) -
MPQ total 6.3 (2.3) 8.3 (2.6) 9.8 (3.0) -
BDI total 7.4 (1.4) 7.8 (2.1) 6.8 (2.1) -
VAS desire opiates 52.6 (10.5) 37.6 (10.1) 58.8 (11.1) -
Street value ($) 1.4 (0.6) 1.8 (1.1) 1.1 (0.6) -
Physiologic measures:
 SBP (mm Hg) 140.9 (3.5) 138.5 (4.2) 140.8 (3.8) -
 DBP (mm Hg) 82.6 (2.3) 84.0 (2.1) 84.8 (2.0) -
 Heart rate (bpm) 99.5 (2.7) 98.3 (2.3) 101.8 (1.6) -
 Temperature (F) 98.8 (0.1) 98.8 (0.1) 99.0 (0.1) -
 Respiratory rate nadir 13.3 (0.3) 13.2 (0.3) 13.0 (0.3) -
 Pupil diameter max (mm) 5.7 (0.2) 5.9 (0.2) 5.6 (0.1) -
 Pupil diameter nadir (mm) 3.5 (0.2) 3.6 (0.2) 3.2 (0.2) -
DSST accuracy nadir (%) 90.3 (1.6) 87.2 (2.5) 89.0 (1.9) -

Data are peak max means (SE) unless otherwise indicated. Doses listed are Phase 1 extended release tramadol total daily doses before crossing over to placebo. - indicates insignificant ANOVA group effect p value. Bolded value indicates significant Dunnett comparison to placebo.