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. 2019 Jun 29;44(13):2268–2276. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0451-3

Table 3.

Adverse events to evaluate for abuse potential

Patients with event, n (%) No prior exposure to BUP/SAM (n = 929) Prior exposure to BUP/SAM (n = 556) All patients (N = 1485)
Any AESI to evaluate abuse potential 248 (26.7) 73 (13.1) 321 (21.6)
Euphoria related 16 (1.7) 2 (0.4) 18 (1.2)
 Feeling abnormal 7 (0.8) 2 (0.4) 9 (0.6)
 Euphoric mood 6 (0.6) 0 6 (0.4)
 Feeling drunk 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Hallucination, auditory 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
Abuse behavior 0 0 0
Abuse potential nonspecific 242 (26.0) 73 (13.1) 315 (21.2)
 Dizziness 116 (12.5) 34 (6.1) 150 (10.1)
 Somnolence 100 (10.8) 24 (4.3) 124 (8.4)
 Sedation 51 (5.5) 15 (2.7) 66 (4.4)
 Disturbance in attention 9 (1.0) 4 (0.7) 13 (0.9)
 Confusional state 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Cognitive disorder 0 1 (0.2) 1 (0.1)
 Disorientation 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
 Dissociation 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
 Mood swings 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
 Paranoia 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)

Adverse events were coded by preferred terms and system organ class using the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities, version 19.0. A full list of preferred terms evaluated are in the Supplementary Materials

AESI adverse event of special interest, BUP buprenorphine, SAM samidorphan