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Re: Starting Mirtazapine tonight...

Posted by cjm36 on September 03, 2003 at 14:10:22:

In Reply to: Starting Mirtazapine tonight... posted by bvrengr2006 on September 03, 2003 at 13:33:34:

Remeron is dispensed in "sol" tabs. You take one out of the packet and place it on your tongue and it just disolves in your mouth. The medication has a heavy sedative affect. There has been a lot of internet and media talk that this medication may work for OSA, but it is NOT approved for such at this time. It is very interesting though that the med seems to hang and cover your tongue and throat area upon swallowing??? This is the area that most often collapses in OSA.

I'm a CPAP user (going on 9 years now) diagnossed with mild-moderate OSA and UARS. I found the sedative affect was way TOO much for me and I was WAY too sleepy the following day. However, everyone is different and you're under the care of a doctor, so I would see no problem with trying it.

We talk a lot about the miracle of CPAP on this forum. You don't mention CPAP as an option in your post??? But, it is the gold standard treatment for many OSA related disorders (perhaps your case as well), and it should not be ruled out because it is a contraption, burdensome, or some other such thing.

Good luck with everything Jeremy.

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