The nightly use of sodium oxybate is associated with a reduction in nocturnal sleep disruption: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study in patients with narcolepsy

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 596-602

  Black, Jed ^a   Pardi, Daniel ^b   Homfeldt, Carl S ^b   Inhaber, Neil ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta power; Narcolepsy; Polysomnography; Sleep architecture; Sodium oxybate

Indexed keywords

OXYBATE SODIUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 78751694685     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27994     Document Type: Article

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