Method of treating and diagnosing sleep disordered breathing...

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CA 2240717

A method for treating of snoring, sleep apnea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing comprises administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective dose of an acetyl choline esterase inhibitor (CEI) over an appropriate period of time, such as a period substantially coinciding with the period of sleep of said patient. A CEI for use in this method is pyridostigmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. A useful route of administration of CEI is per os, particularly for absorption in the oral cavity. Also described is the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of sleep disordered breathing by use of CEI, the administration of CEI in combination with deep sleep promoting agent, and a pharmaceutical composition containing CEI and a deep sleep promoting agent.

Méthode de traitement du ronflement, de l'apnée du sommeil et d'autres formes de troubles de la respiration pendant le sommeil consistant à administrer au patient une dose thérapeutiquement efficace d'un inhibiteur de l'acétylcholinestérase (CEI) sur un laps de temps approprié, ce laps de temps coïncidant essentiellement avec la période de sommeil du patient. Cet inhibiteur (CEI) est de la pyridostigmine ou un sel pharmaceutiquement acceptable de cette substance. La voie d'administration habituelle de ce CEI est la voie orale pour absorption, en particulier, dans la cavité buccale. L'invention porte également sur la production d'un médicament de traitement des troubles de la respiration pendant le sommeil par utilisation de CEI, sur l'administration de CEI en combinaison avec un agent favorisant le sommeil profond, et sur une composition pharmaceutique renfermant ce CEI et un agent favorisant le sommeil profond.

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