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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Sleepiness

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Posted on Wed, 24 May 2017
Question: I have been extremely tired sleeping in church, movies, naps in or I get afternoon, evening. I am sleep apnea patient,heart, diabetes,high cholesterol 71 years old. This began about 6 weeks ago. I started Zetia about that time.
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Jolanda (35 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
BiPAP

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to HealthcareMagic,

I can understand your concern,

If you're suffering from sleep apnea (according to the history) you probably have already done the test called Polysomnograhy, and after that your doctor has for sure advised to you a BiPAP machine which you should use during sleeping at night and a CPAP machine during the daytime (if needed, depending on your situation).

If you are overweight, it'll be better to try losing some weight because will help your condition and especially the sleep apnea.

I've gone through the list of medications and let me inform you that you should be very careful and correct with the other treatments (heart, diabetes, high cholesterol) because if left untreated they cause disequilibrium of the general clinical condition of yours worsening more the apnea too. So it's extremely important to stay under the supervision of your doctor all the time.

Zetia is a medication for high cholesterol. It does not cause or interfere with sleep apnea. You can use it safely.

So please take care with all of these and feel free to ask me again.

Kind regards
Dr.Jolanda


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Suggest Treatment For Excessive Sleepiness

Brief Answer: BiPAP Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome to HealthcareMagic, I can understand your concern, If you're suffering from sleep apnea (according to the history) you probably have already done the test called Polysomnograhy, and after that your doctor has for sure advised to you a BiPAP machine which you should use during sleeping at night and a CPAP machine during the daytime (if needed, depending on your situation). If you are overweight, it'll be better to try losing some weight because will help your condition and especially the sleep apnea. I've gone through the list of medications and let me inform you that you should be very careful and correct with the other treatments (heart, diabetes, high cholesterol) because if left untreated they cause disequilibrium of the general clinical condition of yours worsening more the apnea too. So it's extremely important to stay under the supervision of your doctor all the time. Zetia is a medication for high cholesterol. It does not cause or interfere with sleep apnea. You can use it safely. So please take care with all of these and feel free to ask me again. Kind regards Dr.Jolanda