Effective dose 50% (ED50) = the mean population dose necessary to achieve half the maximum (Emax) possible opioid effect, was estimated from published dose response data and based on estimates of analgesic efficacy.
Being u-receptor agonists, the mid-part of the dose-response curve is exponential, doses should be increased with care.
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