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- Alcohol is widely used in the community for its sleep-promoting effects, but it actually disrupts sleep in various ways.
- It can cause issues like insomnia, affect sleep structure, and alter circadian rhythms, leading to short sleep duration.
- Increased breathing problems during sleep, especially in individuals with existing conditions, can also occur, and future research is needed to explore the connection between insomnia, short sleep duration, and alcohol misuse.
Article Abstract
Alcohol is one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances in the community. Many individuals use alcohol for its sleep-promoting effects. Nonetheless, alcohol disrupts sleep through multiple mechanisms, such as disrupting electrophysiologic sleep architecture, triggering insomnia, and contributing to abnormalities of circadian rhythms and short sleep duration (SSD) in cross-sectional studies. Alcohol also increases breathing-related sleep events such as snoring and oxygen desaturation, especially in those with pre-existing problems. Emerging data demonstrate that insomnia may co-exist with SSD and circadian abnormalities. Future studies should unravel these tentative associations in individuals who misuse alcohol.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801009 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.03.007 | DOI Listing |
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