Table 2

ED3°C values (in mg/kg) and Emax values (in °C) (±95% confidence limits) for SNC80 administered either alone or after pretreatment with naltrindole (1.0 mg/kg), quadazocine (0.1 mg/kg) or BW373U86 (0.56–1.0 mg/kg) in the warm-water tail-withdrawal assay of antinociception

TreatmentED3°CEmax
SNC80 alone0.93  (0.41–2.1)4.1  (3.9–4.1)
 + 1.0 Naltrindole152-a  (9.2–23)3.7  (3.0–4.5)
 + 0.1 Quadazocine1.5  (0.82–2.7)4.0  (3.9–4.1)
 + 0.56 BW373U863.2  (1.6–6.1)4.0  (3.9–4.1)
 + 1.0 BW373U86122-a  (8.3–17)3.7  (3.0–4.4)
  • 2-a Significantly different from agonist alone as determined by nonoverlapping confidence limits.