Treatment for patients with sleep apnea on opioids for chronic pain: results of the OpSafe trial | Zendy

Sara Wasef | Zendy; S. Mir | Zendy; Clodagh M. Ryan | Zendy; Rida Waseem | Zendy; Geoff Bellingham | Zendy; Alia Kashgari | Zendy; Jean Wong | Zendy; Frances Chung | Zendy

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Treatment for patients with sleep apnea on opioids for chronic pain: results of the OpSafe trial

Author(s) -

Sara Wasef,

S. Mir,

Clodagh M. Ryan,

Rida Waseem,

Geoff Bellingham,

Alia Kashgari,

Jean Wong,

Frances Chung

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.9064

Subject(s) - medicine , polysomnography , sleep apnea , continuous positive airway pressure , positive airway pressure , chronic pain , obstructive sleep apnea , physical therapy , anesthesia , opioid , apnea , receptor

Approximately 20% of North Americans are afflicted with chronic pain with 3% being opioid users. The objective was to determine whether patients on opioids for chronic pain with newly diagnosed sleep apnea attended sleep clinic review and followed treatment recommendations.

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