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Sleep Board Review Questions: Medications and Their Adverse Effects

Rohit Budhiraja, MD1,2

1 Department of Medicine, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS), Tucson, AZ 85723, USA.

2 Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.

 

Question: Which of the following medications is not matched with a characteristic side effect?

  1. Pramipexole -Pathological gambling
  2. Eszopiclone - Unpleasant taste
  3. Modafinil - Headache
  4. Mirtazapine - Weight Loss

Reference as: Budhiraja R. Sleep board review questions: medications and their adverse effects. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012:5;297-9. PDF

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