Abstract
Methadone HCl was administered daily to four stump-tailed macaques. The animals' sleep was periodically examined throughtout a year of methadone maintenance and, in two animals, during eight months of withdrawal. REM sleep was substantially decreased by methadone treatment and gradually returned to predrug values over a 6- to 8-month period of maintenance. Measures of non-REM sleep and awakenings showed similar disruption with no return to predrug values. These changes were not correlated with alterations in plasma-methadone concentrations. REM sleep rebound occurred temporarily upon drug withdrawal in two animals, but no consistent sleep disruption was apparent during the subsequent eight months. Contrary to some suggestions, therefore, tolerance to the sleep-disruptive effects of the drug may be specific and incomplete, and extended REM rebound upon withdrawal is not a universal response.
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