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Sleep Patterns in Human Methadone Addiction
Author(s) -
Orr William C.,
Stahl Monte L.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1978.tb00158.x
Subject(s) - methadone , sleep (system call) , addiction , slow wave sleep , anesthesia , audiology , psychology , electroencephalography , sleep stages , medicine , psychiatry , polysomnography , computer science , operating system
Summary In order to determine the effects of methadone addiction on electroencephalographic sleep patterns, five chronic methadone addicts and five controls were studied in the sleep laboratory for four consecutive nights. The electroencephalogram, electro‐oculogram, and electromyogram were monitored, and sleep records were scored according to the Rechtschaffen and Kales criteria. The results revealed a significantly decreased REM and stage 4 latencies and increased stage 1 and slow‐wave sleep percentages in the methadone patients, and no significant differences in any other sleep parameters measured.