Episode 429: Dr. Michael Breus: The Sleep Doctor on Transforming Sleep and Health with Simple Daily Habits
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How can GLP-1 drugs affect sleep apnea?
Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it. You guys are in for a huge treat. We have one of our favorite guests ever. There you go. On this podcast. His podcast has still, I think you're still like the number one most downloaded podcast. That's why I keep on bringing you back because you bring it. We have the sleep doctor. Thank you. Thank you. Dr. Michael Bruce back on the podcast. Thanks. Thank you so much for coming back. This is the three-peat, right? It is a three-peat. And you think, like, how much more information can you even know about sleep? Fair question. Right? Sure. But you cease to amaze every time you give better and better, more concise, new information every time.
Well, it's interesting because sleep is such a new field in medicine that there's like new things that we learn about all the time. I think that's one of the reasons why I like the field so much is because I'm like this avid sleep nerd. I like read all the literature, but it's something new happens, like something miraculously new happens really quite often. One of the things that I was reading about recently, like current events in sleep, somebody was asking the question, is Ozempic or Majaro the next CPAP machine?
What are the fundamentals of improving sleep and wellness?
So for folks out there who don't know what all this means, so for people who have sleep apnea, which is a situation where your throat closes in the middle of the night, a lot of people have to wear a mask on their face, which pushes air down their throat to keep their throat open. It's also a weight-dependent situation in many cases. So ZepBound, which is another name for Monjaro, which is, of course, like a GLP-1, has now recently been approved by the FDA for sleep apnea. Really? Right. Very interesting, right? So now all of a sudden, it's very interesting. So Monjaro has the, as Zepbound, that's the trade name, is now available for people who have sleep apnea. If you meet certain conditions, like you have to have a BMI that's a certain amount and things like that. But that's the first time something like that has ever happened.
So you mean people are now being prescribed Monjaro or- Zepbound. Or Ozempic for sleep issues? You could, in theory, do it. There's one drug that has actually been approved by the FDA to do it. So to answer your question, yes, that is a possibility. So then people say to me, like, well, Dr. Bruce, I don't want to get put on a CPAP machine. I'd rather just do a weight loss drug and see what happens. And so the question becomes, is that a good idea? Is that a bad idea? What do we think about that on the sleep medicine side of things? So I'm going to be honest with you. I think it's got some pros, but I think it has more cons than it does pros in the general sense. So the pros are you lose some weight, which is probably pretty good. That's a pro. But in fact, weight loss may or may not have anything to do with your airway.
So depending upon where your weight sits on your body. So for example, if you've got a lot of weight around your neck and you lose that weight, that's probably going to help sleep apnea because it's not crushing your neck in the middle of the night. But if you carry most of your weight through your hip area, it may or may not have a tremendous effect. So I could see it as a combination as an example. So for example, you might get put on CPAP machine, then use a GLP-1, and then the pressure for the CPAP machine gets lower and lower, and then we can take you off the machine. So I think there's a lot of different ways. I think people need to be creative, but it's kind of interesting idea. Oh my, yeah. I mean, first of all, Ozempic and Monjar, these drugs are like taking over the world.
Well, here's what's weird. They've been around for 20 years. Like this is what people have been using for to treat diabetes forever. Like there's not a whole lot of new, new science here other than changing the indication a little bit. What's also been interesting is it appears to hit the addiction centers in some way, shape or form because of cravings. So now they're talking about using GLP-1,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How can GLP-1 drugs affect sleep apnea?
0:01–1:21
2
What are the fundamentals of improving sleep and wellness?
1:21–8:47
3
Why is waking up at the same time every day important?
8:47–15:16
4
How can you prevent waking up in the middle of the night?
15:16–25:59
5
What supplements and techniques can aid in better sleep?
25:59–35:58
6
What are the potential risks of using sleep medications?
35:58–1:16:55
Speakers
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