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Susmita Chowdhuri1, Shahrokh Javaheri2
1Sleep Medicine Section, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, 11 M, 4646 John R Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Abstract:
Opioid-induced sleep disordered breathing presents a therapeutic predicament with the increasing incidence of prescription opioid use for noncancer chronic pain in the United States. Central sleep apnea with a Biot or cluster breathing pattern is characteristic of polysomnography studies; however, long-term clinical outcomes and the impact of therapy remain unknown. Novel ampakine-based therapies are being investigated. Randomized controlled trials with therapies that target the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms of opioid-induced sleep disordered breathing are required.
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