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Posted by Perry on January 13, 2001 at 18:39:00:In Reply to: CO2 retention, treatment with meds question posted by NikkiNet on January 10, 2001 at 12:48:09:
NikkiNet:
According to the Principles and Practices of Sleep Medicine - Third Edition (2000)
Chapter 71 - Central Sleep Apnea...
Central Apnea CO2 "Retention" can be treated with "acetazolamide" and test have been run with 250 mg 4 times per day.
This apparently shifts (perhaps permanently) your CO2 trigger point. I should note that some of the patients then developed OSA problems, and long term success seems - on a very small sample - to be about 50% ...
Your Dr. should read the entire section on Pco2 & treatment for more information and necessary follow-up and other issues.
Hope this helps.
Perry
- Thanks Nikki 11:50 1/15/01 (0)
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