Effects of mental tasks on breathing in chronic opioid users
Part of Brain & nervous system, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study looks at how doing mental tasks affects breathing in people who take opioids daily for chronic pain, compared to those with sleep apnea and healthy people. It may help understand how opioids affect breathing and improve safety.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 or older
- You can give consent and follow instructions in English
- If you take opioids: you take a prescribed opioid daily for chronic pain for at least 3 months, at a dose of 20 or more morphine milligram equivalents per day, and your dose has been stable for at least 2 weeks
- If you have sleep apnea: you have a diagnosis with AHI of 15 or more (from a sleep study)
- If you are healthy: you do not take chronic opioids and you have no history of sleep apnea
- Your BMI is between 20 and 35, you are not pregnant, and you have no serious health conditions
- You do not have significant other diseases like kidney disease, heart failure, cirrhosis, severe lung disease, or conditions affecting breathing muscles
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