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Fortunately, researchers have identified a drug that offers a good chance of helping. And no, it doesn't come in espresso form. for people who have OSA can severely affect daily life. It means having overwhelming urges to sleep at inappropriate times – while driving or eating, for example – and often struggle to complete simple tasks.
"The most important thing that people with OSA should do is use their PAP machine, but if they are still sleepy there are options in the form of medications that can reduce their tiredness,"in terms of wakefulness. The evidence wasn't quite as concrete for armodafinil-modafinil and pitolisant, which"probably improve" some, but not all, measures of wakefulness after a month of use.
The researchers say solriamfetol's pros and cons are worthy of further investigation, particularly in terms of the longer term effects on people who take it because there is little evidence on long-term use. And and it's not just those with OSA and EDS who might find solriamfetol and these other drugs helpful.or chronic fatigue, and any treatment for them should ideally get at the underlying causes, of which there are many.
With side effects potentially an issue – solriamfetol has been linked to an increase in blood pressure for example – care needs to be taken. That said, with as many as a billion people globally affected by OSA, there's clearly an urgent need for better treatments to be found.
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