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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2014 May 2;122:299–306. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.04.012

Table 3.

Mean peak (± SEM) subjective measures as a function of BUP dose and route of administration.

IV IN
0 mg 2 mg 4 mg 8 mg 16 mg 0 mg 2 mg 4 mg 8 mg 16 mg
Dependent Measure
SOWS Sum (0–64)
Sample Session Baseline 7.4 (1.6) 8.8 (2.2) 6.4 (0.8) 6.4 (1.5) 5.7 (1.1) 4.6 (0.6) 4.5 (0.8) 4.8 (0.7) 5.2 (2.0) 2.7 (0.6)
Choice Session Baseline 3.74 (.89) 3.60 (.90) 3.57 (.84) 3.76 (.67) 4.74 (2.2) 3.59 (.88) 3.92 (1.71) 3.29 (.91) 4.15 (1.78) 2.1 (.74)
VAS (0– 100)
Anxious 6.4 (3.3) 10.5 (4.9) 12.2 (7.0) 6.4 (3.4) 2.3 (1.5) 22.2# (2.3) 15.8 (1.5) 19.4 (1.5) 23.2# (6.0) 17.2# (3.4)
Bad .21 (.21) 2.1 (1.2) 1.57 (1.4) .14 (.14) 3.6 (3.4) 2.7# (2.7) .38 (.38) 1.9 (1.3) 5.8 (5.7) 6.0 (3.9)
Energetic 24.1 (7.80 41.0 (7.3) 37.0 (8.7) 35.1 (8.1) 31.3 (8.2) 29.5 (9.1) 33.8 (8.0) 40.1 (10.1) 35.8 (9.7) 33.9 (9.6)
Gooseflesh .43 (.36) 2.4 (1.4) 1.4 (1.2) .28 (.28) .14 (.14) 2.2 (1.5) 1.6 (1.3) 4.5 (3.7) 7.5 (6.1) 0.0 (0.0)
High Quality 5.6 (3.5) 27.5 (8.2) 37.3 (8.8) 30.4 (9.0) 35.6 (6.9) 11.7 (6.1) 11.2 (5.7) 15.2 (6.9) 16.5 (7.1) 25.2 (9.1)
Irritable 11.0 (6.6) 5.3 (3.4) 3.5 (1.7) 13.8 (7.6) 16.0 8.2) 9.9 (3.8) 8.5 (4.2) 10.0 (6.5) 9.1 (5.0) 7.4 (4.3)
Liked the Dose 1.6 (1.4) 38.0 (9.5) 40.8 (9.1) 34.2 (9.3) 43.9 (7.6) 16.3# (6.9) 11.5# (5.8) 15.1# (6.3) 17.5# (6.7) 28.2# (9.8)
Mellow 25.1 (5.8) 49.3 (7.0) 35.5 (8.3) 31.6 (6.2) 44.3 (6.2) 36.5 (8.2) 32.5 (9.4) 36.9 (9.4) 30.1 (8.4) 40.5 (10.4)
Nauseated 0.6 (0.5) 5.4 (4.5) 6.1 (5.8) 4.1 (3.7) 1.2 (0.8) 3.6 (3.5) 0.5 (0.5) 0.8 (0.5) 0.0 (0.0) 3.9 (3.8)
Potent 1.7 (1.3) 25.4 (8.3) 34.3 (8.6) 29.4 (8.8) 38.0 (8.6) 9.7# (5.2) 10.6# (5.6) 17.1# (6.6) 15.4# (7.3) 25.3 (9.1)
Sedated 1.9 (1.7) 19.1 (5.8) 26.9 (8.3) 16.0 (6.9) 30.4 (8.9) 10.2# (5.6) 7.6 (4.1) 7.3# (4.0) 15.6 (6.8) 22.0 (8.8)
Sleepy 24.1 (8.4) 21.0 (7.1) 13.2 (5.8) 15.8 (5.5) 16.5 (7.4) 10.7 (5.8) 16.4 (6.5) 21.0 (8.3) 18.9 (7.5) 23.9 (8.1)
Social 29.8 (6.3) 50.5 (9.1) 41.4 (7.0) 38.2 (7.3) 37.9 (7.1) 32.7 (8.5) 41.3 (8.6) 43.8 (9.8) 30.1 (8.8) 35.5 (8.3)
Stimulated 9.9 (5.6) 29.0 (9.6) 31.8 (9.6) 23.5 (8.5) 25.7 (9.1) 13.8 (7.9) 19.4 (8.7) 25.2 (9.9) 19.3 (6.7) 24.1 (8.5)
Talkative 29.6 (7.4) 40.6 (8.7) 41.6 (6.9) 35.8 (7.9) 32.3 (8.3) 29.0 (8.5) 32.6 (10.5) 38.2 (10.4) 25.0 (8.6) 33.9 (9.7)
Would Pay 0.0 (0.0) 5.6 (1.6) 8.2 (1.5) 6.1 (1.5) 8.8 (1.6) 1.0 (0.5) 1.4# (0.6) 1.3# (0.7) 4.1 (1.5) 6.5 (2.2)
DEQ (0–4)
Bad 0.1 (0.1) 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.1 (0.1) 0.9 (0.7) 0.2 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1) 0.0 (0.0) 0.1 (0.1) 0.3 (0.2)
Good 0.2 (0.4) 1.5 (0.3) 2.0 (0.3) 1.6 (0.3) 2.4 (0.6) 0.5 (0.2) 0.6 (0.2) 1.0 (0.3) 1.1 (0.3) 1.5 (0.4)
Like −0.4 (0.4) 1.4 (0.5) 2.4 (0.3) 1.8 (0.3) 2.4 (0.6) −0.5 (0.4) 0.2 (0.5) 0.5# (0.5) 0.6# (0.5) 0.9# (0.6)
Strong 0.4 (0.2) 1.4 (0.3) 2.1 (0.3) 1.7 (0.3) 2.5 (0.6) 0.8 (0.2) 0.9 (0.3) 1.2 (0.3) 1.0 (0.2) 1.5 (0.3)
Take Again 0.1 (0.4) 1.6 (0.4) 2.3 (0.3) 1.8 (0.3) 2.6 (0.6) 0.7 (0.2) 0.5# (0.2) 0.9# (0.3) 1.1 (0.4) 1.2# (0.3)

Bolded numbers indicates a significant difference from 0 mg, and

#

indicates a significant difference between IN and IV dosing.