An 80-year-old male with new onset myasthenia gravis and narcolepsy with cataplexy had symptomatic improvement with sodium oxybate—but not with immune-modulating agents, results of a case study ...

These review results were mixed on the use of immunotherapy to treat narcolepsy, with benefits typically being temporary. The chronic sleep disorder narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime ...

One vaccine used in Europe during the 2009 swine flu pandemic was linked to rare cases of a baffling side effect -- the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now new research offers a clue to what happened. The ...

GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix swine flu vaccine has been linked to cases of the rare sleep disorder narcolepsy in children in a scientific study in England that confirms similar findings elsewhere in ...

A new study conducted across Europe found an extraordinary association between narcolepsy and a specific gene variant related to the immune system. A new study conducted across Europe found an ...

Alkermes plc ALKS announced the initiation of the phase II Vibrance-2 study, evaluating its novel, investigational, oral orexin 2 receptor agonist ALKS 2680 in adults with narcolepsy type 2 (NT2). The ...

WASHINGTON – One vaccine used in Europe during the 2009 swine flu pandemic was linked to rare cases of a baffling side effect — the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now new research offers a clue to what ...

People with certain types of long-term sleep disorders may use a medicine called sodium oxybate to help treat their condition. This medicine is taken at night and may help people with narcolepsy to ...

Narcolepsy is caused by a deficiency of orexin, a brain chemical that regulates wakefulness and REM sleep. The MSLT and polysomnography are gold standards for diagnosing narcolepsy. Medications like ...

People with narcolepsy often need to take medicines to manage their symptoms. Many of these medicines carry a high risk for abuse or misuse, so there are restrictions on how they are prescribed and ...