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What happened in the study?
The study split the overall population into two groups, with one group receiving the actual drug Dronabinol and the other receiving a placebo. Both groups received the treatments (or lack thereof) for a total of 6 weeks, and took their respective treatment options 1 hour before their bedtime. Every patient being tested in the study was observed by the researchers using a variety of tests and specific traits. Of these the researchers utilized the overall apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT), as well as the patient’s respective body mass index (BMI).