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. 2017 Oct 18;7:13428. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13987-9

Table 2.

ED50 and Emax values obtained in pain-depressed responses (appetitive and consumatory components of hedonic behaviour) and pain-induced reflexive responses (writhing) for all drugs evaluated.

Reflexive Behaviour Hedonic Behaviour
Appetitive Consumatory
Writhing Latency to eat Amount consumed
DE 50 ± SE E max DE 50 ± SE E max DE 50 ± SE E max
Ibuprofen 122.6 ± 20.2 111.6 1.8 ± 0.8*** 110.3 10.5 ± 2.0**,### 100
Diclofenac 59.6 ± 11.1 110.5 0.005 ± 0.004*** 97.2 0.1 ± 0.03***,# 100
Morphine 0.8 ± 0.2 107.2 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.
Duloxetine 5.9 ± 1.3 99.5 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.
Caffeine N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.

N.D.: not determined. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, one way-ANOVA, Bonferroni’s post hoc.