Viagra Worsens Sleep Apnea

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Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2010 Apr; 65(4): 393–400.

Effects of sildenafil on autonomic nervous function during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea
Christiane Neves,I,II Sérgio Tufik,I Felipe Chediek,I Dalva Poyares,I Fátima Cintra,I Marina Roizenblatt,I Fabiano Abrantes,I Marina Ariza Monteiro,I and Suely RoizenblattI,II


Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effects of sildenafil on the autonomic nervous system in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

METHODS
Thirteen male patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (mean age 43±10 years with a mean body mass index of 26.7±1.9 kg/m2) received a single 50-mg dose of sildenafil or a placebo at bedtime. All-night polysomnography and heart rate variability were recorded. Frequency domain analysis of heart rate variability was performed for the central five-minute sample of the longest uninterrupted interval of slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep, as well as for one-minute samples during apnea and during slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep after resumption of respiration.

RESULTS
Compared to the placebo, sildenafil was associated with an increase in the normalized high-frequency (HFnu) components and a decrease in the low/high-frequency components of the heart rate variability ratio (LF/HF) in slow wave sleep (p<0.01 for both). Differences in heart rate variability parameters between one-minute post-apnea and apnea samples (Δ = difference between resumption of respiration and apnea) were assessed. A trend toward a decreasing magnitude of ΔLF activity was observed during rapid eye movement sleep with sildenafil in comparison to placebo (p=0.046). Additionally, ΔLF/HF in SWS and rapid eye movement sleep was correlated with mean desaturation (sR = −0.72 and −0.51, respectively, p= 0.01 for both), and ΔHFnu in rapid eye movement sleep was correlated with mean desaturation (sR= 0.66, p= 0.02) and the desaturation index (sR= 0.58, p = 0.047).

CONCLUSIONS
The decrease in arousal response to apnea/hypopnea events along with the increase in HFnu components and decrease in LH/HF components of the heart rate variability ratio during slow wave sleep suggest that, in addition to worsening sleep apnea, sildenafil has potentially immediate cardiac effects in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
 
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I bet Cialis have same effect.
Usually i take 10mg/day all in the morning.
But lately i have been split my dosage 5mg morning and 5mg pre bed. And now i have been waking 3-times night to urinate and sleeping restless. I bet that night time 5mg cialis aggrivates my apnea, because if i take all in the morning i sleep better and i dont wake up 3-times night to urinate.
 
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