Chronic Opioid Use and Sleep Disorders

Shahrokh Javaheri; Michelle Cao

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.008

Chronic Opioid Use and Sleep Disorders

Sleep Med Clin. 2022 Sep;17(3):433-444. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.008. Epub 2022 Sep 8.

Authors

Shahrokh Javaheri¹, Michelle Cao²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Bethesda North Hospital, 10535 Montgomery Road, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH 45242, USA; Division of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 181 Taylor Avenue, Columbus, OH 43203, USA. Electronic address: shahrokhjavaheri@icloud.com.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3143, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 450 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.

PMID: 36150805
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.008

Abstract

Opioid medications are considered a significant component in the multidisciplinary management of chronic pain. In the past two decades, the use of opioid medications has dramatically risen in part because of an increased awareness by health care providers to treat chronic pain more effectively. In addition, patients are encouraged to seek treatment. The release of a sentinel joint statement in 1997 by the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society in a national effort to increase awareness and support the treatment of chronic pain has undoubtedly contributed to the opioid crisis.

Keywords: Central sleep apnea; Daytime sleepiness; Depression; Opiates ∗ poor sleep; Sleep-disordered breathing.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
Chronic Pain* / drug therapy
Humans
Sleep Wake Disorders* / chemically induced
Sleep Wake Disorders* / drug therapy

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid