Quote:In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Sanjay Patel, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Pittsburgh, cautioned that whether tirzepatide can treat sleep apnea in real-world patients “remains unclear” because of the way improvement is measured. 

(07-18-2024, 07:40 PM)silverdr Wrote: Since that article several glp-1 medications have been submitted to the fda for sleep apnea.

Having said that, I have been on Ozempic for the last 3 months, have dropped 16 pounds, have had to reduce my blood pressue medicine by 50% because my blood pressure has dropped to the point where I got dizzy putting my head back to put in eye drops.
Over the last week my AHI score has dropped under 2 (previously 3-5)  and I have had less than one obstructive events on the last four nights.
MY AHI is now about 1.1.
I showed my sleep doctor my OSCAR graphs and he said the central apnea events were al related to arrousal and that it normal.

If this continues I will try to sleep without my cpap and see how I do.
This of course is anectdotal but its another case to add to the studyies.

your story isn't far from mine. but my weight was lost with diet and exercise. 

i was on lisinopril for hypertension (for years) but am off it now. i was getting the same dizzy episodes on it.

i know i had osa for years when i was younger, and weighed even less than i do now. my numbers (like yours) have drastically gone down, but i know if i try to sleep without CPAP, it won't go well.

but good luck with trying it. i hope it goes well for you.