Depending on the result of tests, the following therapy options may be proposed by your medical professional. There may be others not listed.

• Conversion of life style, e.g., weight reduction, improvement of sleep hygiene, reduction of alcohol consumption.
• Drug treatment, e.g., with Theophyllin.
• Use of mandibular advancement appliances such as SomnoGuard which advances your lower jaw and widens the airway at the base of the tongue. This option is most effective with obstructions at the tongue base.
• Positional therapy to avoid supine body position when sleeping.
• Machine based positive pressure respiration, e.g., with n-CPAP devices, for maintaining an open airway during sleep.
• Surgical intervention, e.g., removal or reduction of the soft palate and/or tonsils, uvula, and/or tongue base, lower jaw advancement.