Sodium oxybate is an effective and safe treatment for narcolepsy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-106

  Lammers, Gert Jan ^a   Bassetti, Claudio ^b   Billiard, Michel ^b   Black, Jed ^b   Broughton, Roger ^b   Dauvilliers, Yves ^b   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^b   Garcia Borreguero, Diego ^b   Goswami, Meeta ^b   Högl, Birgit ^b   Iranzo, Alex ^b   Jennum, Poul ^b   Khatami, Ramin ^b   Lecendreux, Michel ^b   Mayer, Geert ^b   Mignot, Emmanuel ^b   Montplaisir, Jacques ^b   Nevsimalova, Sona ^b   Peraita Adrados, Rosa ^b   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^b   Scammell, Tom ^b   Silber, Michael ^b   Sonka, Karel ^b   Tafti, Mehdi ^b   Thorpy, Michael ^b   more..

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; OXYBATE SODIUM; PLACEBO;

AUTOPSY; CATAPLEXY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; LD 50; LETTER; NARCOLEPSY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINALYSIS;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RATS; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 73149101623     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.08.003     Document Type: Letter

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