The present invention provides a chewing gum for treatment of sleep apnea. The chewing gum includes indiplon or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a gum base, a protecting agent, a carbonate salt, a citrate salt, and a borate salt. The present invention also includes methods of treating narcolepsy, which include the step of administering a dosage form to a patient suffering from narcolepsy. The dosage form includes zopeclon or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a bicarbonate salt, a metal oxide, and a phosphate salt. The dosage form could be a lyophilized powder or a chewing gum.
