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Pitolisant is indicated in adults for the treatment of narcolepsy. [3] [4] Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that causes overwhelming daytime drowsiness. [4] Pitolisant is also indicated to improve alertness and reduce excessive daytime sleepiness in adults with obstructive sleep apnea. [5] [12]
Along with vivid dreaming, people with narcolepsy are known to have audio or visual hallucinations prior to falling asleep or before waking up. [23] Narcoleptics can gain excess weight; children can gain 20 to 40 pounds (9.1 to 18.1 kg) when they first develop narcolepsy; in adults the body-mass index is about 15% above average. [24] [25]
Sodium oxybate, sold under the brand name Xyrem among others, is a medication used to treat symptoms of narcolepsy: sudden muscle weakness and excessive daytime sleepiness. [3] [8] [9] It is used sometimes in France and Italy as an anesthetic given intravenously.
Pitolisant has been shown to be effective and well-tolerated for the treatment of narcolepsy with or without cataplexy. [182] [181] [180] Pitolisant is the only non-controlled anti-narcoleptic drug in the US. [180] It has shown minimal abuse risk in studies. [180] [183]
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Cataplexy without narcolepsy is rare and the cause is unknown. The term cataplexy originates from the Greek κατά ( kata , meaning "down"), and πλῆξις ( plēxis , meaning "strike") [ 4 ] and it was first used around 1880 in German physiology literature to describe the phenomenon of tonic immobility also known as " playing possum " (in ...
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Solriamfetol is used to promote wakefulness in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea in adults. [1] It appears to be more effective in improving excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea than certain other wakefulness-promoting agents including modafinil, armodafinil, and pitolisant.