Medical Health Issues
Health Issue: Sleep Apnea
Assistance and Comfort
Sleep Apnea - Medications
Doctors generally do not suggest medicines for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). But medicine can help reduce daytime sleepiness when continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is reducing apneas - the number of times you stop breathing at night-but daytime sleepiness continues.13, 14
Medication Choices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved wakefulness-promoting medicines for people who are using CPAP but still have excessive daytime sleepiness:
Wakefulness-Promoting Medicines
What To Think About
People with sleep apnea who take wakefulness-promoting medicines should continue using CPAP to treat sleep apnea.
Resources
https://helpguide.org/articles/sleep/sleep-apnea.htm
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sleepapnea/
http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/sleep-basics/viewasleepstudy.htm
http://www.sleepeducation.com/essentials-in-sleep/cpap
http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources.html
Videos
https://www.sleepapnea.com/resources/videos/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleep-apnea/multimedia/cpap/vid-20084718