| 1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Randomized trial in people · n = 21 | Pimentel-Filho 1997 |
| 90 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Randomized trial in people · n = 18 | Micic 1995 |
| 100 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Randomized trial in people · n = 11 | Nooitgedagt 1997 |
| 1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Randomized trial in people · n = 9 | Borges 1997 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Randomized trial in people · n = 8 | Pinto 1999 |
| 4 x 50 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Randomized trial in people | Frieboes 1995 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | Not reported | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 49 | Alaioubi 2010 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | Not reported | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 69 | Alaioubi 2009 |
| 1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 37 | Peñalva 1993 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | iv | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 31 | Grugni 2001 |
| 90 microg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 29 | Micić 1999 |
| 90 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 23 | Popovic 1995 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | Not reported | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 20 | Petersenn 2002 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | Not reported | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 20 | Correa-Silva 2006 |
| 0.1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Bowers 1990 |
| 0.3 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Bowers 1990 |
| 1.0 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Bowers 1990 |
| 0.1, 0.3 and 1.0 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Bowers 1990 |
| 1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Bowers 1990 |
| 1 µg/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 18 | Nascif 2007 |
| 0.05 to 2.5 micrograms/kg | Human | human | intravenous infusion | 30 min | Trial in people without random groups · n = 17 | Ilson 1989 |
| 300 micrograms/kg | Human | human | oral | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 16 | Ghigo 1994 |
| 100 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 15 | Leal-Cerro 1994 |
| 1 ug/kg | Human | human | iv | single dose | Trial in people without random groups · n = 13 | Martins 2003 |
| 90 micrograms | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 12 | Popovic 1994 |
| 90 microg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 12 | Catalina 1998 |
| 2 microg/kg | Human | human | iv | single bolus | Trial in people without random groups · n = 10 | Oliveira 2003 |
| 300 micrograms/kg | Human | human | oral | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 9 | Bowers 1992 |
| 1 microgram/kg loading bolus, then 1 microgram/kg.h | Human | human | intravenous | 34 h | Trial in people without random groups · n = 9 | Jaffe 1993 |
| 100, 200 and 400 μg/kg | Human | human | intravenous bolus | single dose | Trial in people without random groups · n = 9 | Cabrales 2013 |
| 1 microgram/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 7 | Pombo 1995 |
| 300 micrograms/kg | Human | human | oral | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 7 | Bellone 1995 |
| 300 micrograms/kg | Human | human | oral | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 7 | Ghigo 1994 |
| 1 microgram/kg body weight | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 6 | Hayashi 1991 |
| 30 micrograms/kg body weight | Human | human | intranasal | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 6 | Hayashi 1991 |
| 15 micrograms/kg body weight | Human | human | intranasal | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 6 | Hayashi 1991 |
| 5 micrograms/kg body weight | Human | human | intranasal | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 6 | Hayashi 1991 |
| 1 microg/kg | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 6 | Micic 2002 |
| 100 micrograms/kg | Human | human | oral | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 5 | Bowers 1992 |
| 1 microgram/kg body weight | Human | human | intravenous | Not reported | Trial in people without random groups · n = 5 | Robinson 1992 |