Sleep Apnea as related to Protriptyline

• Central Sleep Apnea Informational Page: F.A.Qs
  How is Central Sleep Apnea treated? Medications: Protriptyline; also known as Triptil, Vivactil. An anti-depressant. Also .5mg - 1mg of Klonopin , a depressant.
  
  
• Google Answers: Sleep Apnea (OSAS) Treatments (for Boquinha-ga)
  Because of fatigue and sleep deprivation, depression is a common complication of obstructive sleep apnea. Protriptyline (Vivactil) is a tricyclic antidepressant that depresses rapid eye movement (REM ...
  
  
• Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Primary Care - February 1 ...
  Because of fatigue and sleep deprivation, depression is a common complication of obstructive sleep apnea. Protriptyline (Vivactil) is a tricyclic antidepressant that depresses rapid eye ...
  
  
• Snore Guard (tm) - Information about sleep apnea
  Sleep Apnea ... protriptyline, the principal medication used for OSA, oral appliances work better and have fewer side effects. ("Oral Appliances for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea:
  
  
• Sleep Apnea
  People with sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods of time while they are asleep. ... include nausea, depression, excess hair growth, breast tenderness, and fluid retention; Protriptyline ...
  
  
• Quietsleep - oral appliance therapy for snoring and sleep apnea
  THe best scientific evidence reveals little beneficial usefulness in OSA. Protriptyline ... THe majority of obsturctive sleep apnea drug trials have been unsuccessful.
  
  
• Pacific Sleep Center - Sleep Apnea Treatment
  Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome ... Protriptyline and fluoxetine are medications used rarely to treat mild cases of apnea. It is an antidepressant that decreases REM (dreaming) sleep, a time when apneas ...
  
  
• Apnea Treatment
  Medicines: Medicines such as protriptyline and the serotonin re-uptake inhibitors may help by increasing tongue muscle tone. 5. Behavioral techniques: Sleep apnea is worse on the back, and a wiffle ...
  
  
• eMedicine - Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome : Article by ...
  The term obstructive sleep apnea ... used in people with mild apnea and snoring with mild success. Increases upper airway neuromuscular activity and decreases rapid eye movement sleep. Protriptyline ...
  
  
• Sleep apnea
  People with sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods of time while they are asleep. ... nausea, depression, excess hair growth, breast tenderness, and fluid retention. Protriptyline ...