A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness

The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.

Study Suggests Epilepsy Drug May Help Treat Sleep Apnea

Researchers found that the medication sulthiame reduced breathing interruptions and improved oxygen levels overnight in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. The findings were published recently ...
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Sleep apnea breakthrough: Clinical trial finds drug sulthiame may reduce night-time breathing pauses

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, temporarily blocking airflow ...

Epilepsy drug could cure sleep apnea—scientists

A European clinical trial found that sulthiame, a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy, reduced breathing interruptions.
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Scientists may have found a pill for sleep apnea

A European clinical trial found that the drug sulthiame significantly reduced breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Patients taking higher doses experienced up to 47% ...
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Repurposed drug improves sleep apnea by up to 50% in clinical trial

(Tim Kitchen/Getty Images) Sleeping with a clunky breathing machine is a problem for many with sleep apnea, but a more comfortable alternative is on the horizon. In a recent clinical drug trial that ...

A Pill for Sleep Apnea? Clinical Trial Yields Promising Results

Millions of people in the U.S. have sleep apnea, most of whom aren’t getting treated for it. But a simple daily pill of an ...
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Repurposed drug cut sleep apnea events by up to 50% in trial

A repurposed epilepsy drug called sultiame cut breathing interruptions during sleep by up to 50% in adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea, according to results from a major European ...

First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds Drug Reduces Excessive Sleepiness in Early-Morning Workers

A clinical trial suggests that a wake-promoting drug may help early-morning shift workers overcome the biological challenges of working during hours when the brain expects sleep.

New Drug Could Boost Efforts To Wipe Out Sleeping Sickness

Acoziborole could change that. The new drug works for both early and advanced stages of the most common form of sleeping sickness. It can be used in patients ages 12 and older, and it removes the need ...

What Happens When You Mix Magnesium With Other Sleep Aids

Magnesium is one of many common supplements used to help with sleep. You can also improve sleep by taking magnesium with other OTC and prescription sleep aids.
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Drug May Be a Help to the Sleep Deprived

A new drug appears to reverse the fuzzy thinking caused by a lack of sleep. Studies in monkeys and people show that the drug restores the ability to perform complex mental tasks. The research is being ...