Table 2.
Participants discontinuing after consent and one night of medication.
| Placebo |
Zolpidem |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Month of withdrawal | Reason | Number | Month of withdrawal | Reason |
| 3 | Month 1 (Night 2) | Dislike electrodes, skin irritation | 2 | Month 1 (Night 2) | Caffeine withdrawal symptoms |
| Life events | Month 1 | Anxiety symptoms/sense of dread |
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| Noncompliant | |||||
| 5 | Month 1 (Nights 8–9) | Noncompliant (3) | |||
| Scheduling conflicts | 2 | Month 2 | Scheduling conflicts (2) | ||
| Life events | |||||
| 4 | Month 2 | Heart attack | 2 | Month 3 | Scheduling conflicts |
| No longer interested | 1 | Month 4 | Scheduling conflicts | ||
| Noncompliant (2) | |||||
| 1 | Month 3 | Noncompliant | 1 | Month 5 | Scheduling conflicts |
| 2 | Month 4 | Scheduling conflicts (2) | 2 | Month 6 | Scheduling conflicts |
| Job moved out of state | |||||
Life events: personal and/or family problems; Scheduling conflicts: inability to coordinate research study into work, family, school, and/or social life.