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sodium oxybate

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sodium oxybate
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, Xyrem® Neurology A neuropharmacologic used to manage narcolepsy and cataplexy, which causes abrupt loss of muscle control. See Date rape drug.


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Narcolepsy is typically treated with stimulants, REM-sleep-suppressing antidepressants and, in people with severe cataplexy, sodium oxybate (a form of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB).
PHOENIX--Preliminary data on the off-label use of sodium oxybate suggest that it improved sleep in a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 151 patients with fibromyalgia who completed 8 weeks of treatment at 21 medical centers.
Products with REMS in effect (from FDA Federal Register notice) * Generic Brand Abarelix Plenaxis Alosetron Lotronex Ambrisentan Letairis Bosentan Tracleer Clozapine Clozaril, Fazaclo ODT Dofetilide Tikosyn Eculizumab Soliris Fentanyl PCA Ionsys Fentanyl citrate Actiq Isotretinoin Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret Lenalidomide Revlimid Mifepristone Mifeprex Natalizumab Tysabri Small pox (Vaccinia) ACAM2000 Vaccine, Live Sodium oxybate Xyrem * Not all brand names were identified
 
 
 
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