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Sleeping pills might not aid CPAP usage
Respiratory Care Weekly, November 15, 2006
Prescribing sleeping pills to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients to help them get used to wearing their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines didn't have the overwhelming affect researchers thought it would, according to the November Chest. Researchers conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study on 72 males newly diagnosed with OSA.
Their results showed that sleep aids increased neither the number of nights they used the CPAP machines nor the number of hours per night they were used. The authors note that sleep aids would still probably help the subgroup of OSA patients who complain of insomnia, though, according to Chest.
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