ALLMedicine™ Narcolepsy Center

May 14th, 2022 - Narcolepsy with cataplexy or narcolepsy type 1 is a disabling chronic sleep disorder resulting from the destruction of orexinergic neurons in the hypothalamus. The tight association of narcolepsy with HLA-DQB1*06:02 strongly suggest an autoimmune ...

May 14th, 2022 - The diagnosis of narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is based upon the presence of cataplexy and/or a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypocretin-1/orexin-A level ≤ 110 pg/mL. We determined the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of patients with intermediate hy...

May 13th, 2022 - This is an observational study evaluating how hypersomnia medications influence blood pressure and cognitive function in patients diagnosed with narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia. Blood pressure will be assessed using 24-hour ambulatory blood p...

May 12th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is a naturally occurring, 4-carbon compound with a structure similar to the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). GHB is described as a neurotransmitter and a regulator of energy metab...

May 10th, 2022 - This is a non-interventional, cross-sectional study with retrospective medical chart review conducted in public and private Spanish sleep clinics, to describe the management of adult participants diagnosed with narcolepsy defined by ICDS-3 in real...

Feb 6th, 2008 - These practice parameters pertain to the treatment of hypersomnias of central origin. They serve as both an update of previous practice parameters for the therapy of narcolepsy and as the first practice parameters to address treatment of other hyp...

May 13th, 2022 - This is an observational study evaluating how hypersomnia medications influence blood pressure and cognitive function in patients diagnosed with narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia. Blood pressure will be assessed using 24-hour ambulatory blood p...

May 10th, 2022 - This is a non-interventional, cross-sectional study with retrospective medical chart review conducted in public and private Spanish sleep clinics, to describe the management of adult participants diagnosed with narcolepsy defined by ICDS-3 in real...

May 5th, 2022 - This study will enroll subjects with narcolepsy, either NT1 or NT2, who completed the FT218 Phase 3 REST-ON study or eligible subjects with narcolepsy currently receiving a stable dose of twice nightly sodium oxybate IR or mixed salts oxybate (reg...

Apr 27th, 2022 - The rationale for the interventional, open-label, single-arm design of JZP258-401 is to evaluate the clinical experience in participants with narcolepsy transitioning treatment from Xyrem to XYWAV.

Apr 6th, 2022 - The aim of this pilot study is to test the benefit of behavior therapy-oriented, method-integrated psychotherapy in an outpatient group setting in patients with narcolepsy type 1. Therefore we collect and evaluate initial data on its effectiveness...

Sep 27th, 2021 - Treatment with methylphenidate (Ritalin), a stimulant approved for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and narcolepsy, led to a small to medium reduction in apathy in people with Alzheimer's disease, the phase III ADMET 2 trial showed...

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Aug 27th, 2021 - Schizophrenia is a complex disease caused by dysfunction in specific brain regions or circuits. In fact, schizophrenia is not a single disease but several hundred different diseases, according to Henry A.

Aug 27th, 2021 - Schizophrenia is a complex disease caused by dysfunction in specific brain regions or circuits. In fact, schizophrenia is not a single disease but several hundred different diseases, according to Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, who spoke on the topic at a...

Aug 12th, 2021 - UPDATED with comments August 13, 2032 // The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an oral solution of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (Xywav) for the treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia in adults, the company annou...