Drug-Induced Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Ventilatory Impairment

Abstract

This article describes current knowledge about drug entities that have the potential to induce, aggravate, or modify sleep-disordered breathing. The drug effects on sleep-disordered breathing may vary by patient age, gender, and comorbidity. In general, the clinical relevance of drug-induced sleep-disordered breathing is increasing in sleep medicine and the evidence in the field is growing in parallel.

Keywords: Anabolic steroids; Baclofen; Benzodiazepines; Growth hormone; Hypoventilation; Opiates; Sleep apnea.