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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Aug 25;225(2):441–451. doi: 10.1007/s00213-012-2833-7

Table 3.

Methadone Non-compartmental Pharmacokinetic Parameters

Patient Mat
Weight
(kg)
Dose per
isomer
(mg)

(hrs)
AUC
{hr*(ng/mL)}
VD / F
{L/kg}
Clearance
{L/(hr*kg)}
R-MTD 11.0 24.7 2,478 1.89 0.0530
S-MTD 1 82.4 11.0 18.9 2,423 1.49 0.0548
rac-MTD 22.0 21.2 4,848 1.67 0.0545

R-MTD 30.0 14.7 3,684 2.72 0.128
S-MTD 2 61.5 30.0 11.3 3,656 2.13 0.130
rac-MTD 60.0 12.8 7,286 2.40 0.130

R-MTD 30.0 14.8 2,196 5.38 0.252
S-MTD 3 53.6 30.0 8.02 1,252 5.16 0.446
rac-MTD 60.0 11.3 3,342 5.40 0.332
R-MTD 77.5 24.9 15,941 2.28 0.0635
S-MTD 4 75.0 77.5 17.2 10,944 2.32 0.0933
rac-MTD 155.0 20.7 26,346 2.30 0.0772

R-MTD 80.0 20.7 4,575 6.23 0.208
S-MTD 5 83.7 80.0 13.6 2,792 6.72 0.341
rac-MTD 160.0 17.1 7,210 6.50 0.264

R-MTD 45.7 20.00* 5,775** 3.70# 0.141##
S-MTD Means
for 1-5
71.2 45.7 13.80 4,213 3.56 0.213
rac-MTD 91.4 16.62 9,806 3.65 0.172
*

t½ for R-MTD was significantly higher than t½ for S-MTD (p=0.000)

**

AUC for R-MTD was marginally higher than AUC for S-MTD (p=0.089)

#

VD / F was not significantly different for R-MTD and S-MTD (p=0.47)

##

Clearance for S-MTD was marginally higher than for R-MTD (p=0.064)

Statistics based on random effects regressions with R and S levels treated as a within subject variable