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Pitolisant is indicated in adults for the treatment of narcolepsy. [3] [4] Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that causes overwhelming daytime drowsiness. [4] Pitolisant is also indicated to improve alertness and reduce excessive daytime sleepiness in adults with obstructive sleep apnea. [5] [12]
Sleep-related hallucinations, also known as hypnogogic (going to sleep) and hypnopompic (on awakening) are vivid hallucinations that can be auditory, visual, or tactile and may occur independent of or in combination with an inability to move (sleep paralysis). Narcolepsy is a clinical syndrome of hypothalamic disorder, [6] but the exact cause ...
Armodafinil, sold under the brand name Nuvigil, is a wakefulness-promoting medication which is used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and shift work disorder. [1] It is also used off-label for certain other indications. [10] The drug is taken by mouth. [1]
Competence in sleep medicine requires an understanding of a plethora of very diverse disorders, many of which present with similar symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness, which, in the absence of volitional sleep deprivation, "is almost inevitably caused by an identifiable and treatable sleep disorder," such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin syndrome ...
Dogs sleep for such a long time because that's when their body rests, resets, and heals, even if their awkward sleeping position implies otherwise. This is also when puppies do the most growing ...
Zepbound is the first medication approved to treat patients with obstructive sleep apnea, said Sally Seymour, the FDA's director of the division of pulmonology, allergy and critical care. The FDA ...
Modafinil, sold under the brand name Provigil among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) medication used primarily to treat narcolepsy, [3] [8] [15] a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden sleep attacks. [16]
The AIO Breathe Device is a “new mandibular repositioning device” that was designed by local sleep physician Dr. Raghavendra V. Ghuge, MD, MBA, DABSM, […] FDA clears Tyler company’s device ...