What is Narcolepsy?
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder with no known cause. The main characteristic of narcolepsy is excessive and overwhelming daytime sleepiness, even after adequate nighttime sleep. A person with narcolepsy is likely to become drowsy or to fall asleep, often at inappropriate times and places.
Narcolepsy Featured Articles
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- 2005 Annual Narcolepsy Network Conference and 20th Anniversary Celebration
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Narcolepsy News
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- Narcolepsy Network 23rd Annual Patient Conference
Posted 6/13/08 - TAS - USA - Consider Donating Your Brain to Research
Posted 12/4/07 - TAS - USA - Planting Awareness About Narcolepsy
Posted 11/8/07 - TAS - USA - Dream Quilt Travels to Continue Ongoing Sleep Awareness Efforts
Posted 11/8/07 - TAS - USA - Narcolepsy May Be Caused By Environmental Exposures
Posted 2/9/07 - Medical News Today - UK
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Xyrem News
Sodium Oxybate (Xyrem), the most recently approved new medication for patients with narcolepsy was approved for the treatment of cataplexy in July of 2002. Recent clinical trials have also demonstrated Xyrem's effectiveness in treating the symptom of daytime sleepiness. A supplemental new drug application will be filed with the FDA to gain approval for this indication as well.
- Xyrem (sodium oxybate) Product Fact Sheet
TalkAboutSleep.com - Posted 8/6/08 - FDA Accepts Xyrem sNDA for Review, User Fee Deadline Set for November 18, 2005
TalkAboutSleep.com - Posted 3/21/05 - Orphan Medical Announces Fourth Quarter 2004 Xyrem Prescription Levels Up 9%
TalkAboutSleep.com - Posted 1/20/05 - Orphan Medical Submits Xyrem sNDA to Include Improvement in Other Primary Symptoms of Narcolepsy
TalkAboutSleep.com - Posted 1/18/05 - Orphan Medical Announces Patient Enrollment is Complete in Clinical Trial Assessing Xyrem for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome
TalkAboutSleep.com - Posted 12/16/04
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