Hopes epilepsy drug can help reduce symptoms of sleep apnoea

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Hopes epilepsy drug can help reduce symptoms of sleep apnoea
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The effects of the epilepsy drug need further investigation, but it appears to have had positive results on snoring.

Sulthiame appeared to reduce symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea in a recent international clinical trial

Lead author Jan Hedner, professor of respiratory medicine at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, found improvements in those on the highest doses of the drug. He said: "The main symptoms of sleep apnoea include snoring, poor and fragmented sleep, periodic gasping for breath, morning headaches and daytime sleepiness."

"In adults, the problem could be due to an obstruction in the nose as a result of a deviated nasal septum or nasal polyps.How can it be treated?

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