The Effect of 2 Sympatholytic Medications—Propranolol and Clonidine—On Sleep Bruxism: Experimental Randomized Controlled Studies
Author(s) -
Nelly Huynh,
Gilles Lavigne,
Paola A. Lanfranchi,
Jacques Montplaisir,
Jacques de Champlain
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/29.3.307
Subject(s) - clonidine , medicine , propranolol , sleep bruxism , anesthesia , sympatholytic , heart rate , sleep stages , polysomnography , sleep onset , slow wave sleep , rapid eye movement sleep , sleep (system call) , blood pressure , insomnia , electroencephalography , electromyography , apnea , physical medicine and rehabilitation , operating system , psychiatry , computer science
To examine whether 2 sympatholytic medications decrease sleep bruxism and prevent the rise in sympathetic activity preceding the onset of sleep bruxism: propranolol, a nonselective adrenergic beta-blocker, and clonidine, a selective alpha2-agonist.
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