TABLE 2

ED50 values and 95% CLs for rimonabant, alone and in combination with Δ9-THC, JWH-018, and JWH-073, in Δ9-THC (1 mg/kg/12 h)-treated rhesus monkeys discriminating rimonabant (1 mg/kg i.v.)

Potency ratios and 95% CLs are the ED50 values of rimonabant in combination with the agonist divided by the ED50 value of rimonabant alone.

DrugED50 Value (95% CL)Potency Ratio (95% CL)
mg/kg
Rimonabant0.20 (0.14–0.29)
    + Δ9-THC (1 mg/kg)0.59 (0.53–0.66)*2.9 (1.9–4.4)
    + Δ9-THC (3.2 mg/kg)1.7 (0.84–3.5)*8.5 (4.5–16)
    + Δ9-THC (10 mg/kg)5.8 (0.93–52)*29 (17–70)
    + JWH-018 (0.32 mg/kg)0.63 (0.41–0.97)*3.1 (1.9–5.0)
    + JWH-018 (1 mg/kg)2.2 (1.2–4.1)*11 (6.1–20)
    + JWH-018 (3.2 mg/kg)5.7 (2.5–13)*29 (16–50)
    + JWH-073 (3.2 mg/kg)0.40 (0.14–1.2)2.0 (0.9–4.0)
    + JWH-073 (10 mg/kg)1.3 (1.2–1.6)*6.5 (4.3–10)
    + JWH-073 (32 mg/kg)2.1 (1.2–3.7)*11 (6.0–17)
  • * Significantly different from rimonabant alone.