Narcolepsy was linked to high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes on top of outright cardiovascular disease events in a retrospective cohort study. Notably, patients with narcolepsy started ...

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Narcolepsy is a rare condition that will make someone fall asleep abruptly — even in the middle of the day during an activity. It's possible to treat narcolepsy and manage your symptoms with lifestyle ...

With this new indication, pitolisant is now approved to treat excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, or both, in patients aged 6 years or older with narcolepsy.

When I was 15, I suddenly found myself unable to stay awake during school. Exhaustion would hit, and the only thing that woke me was my head jerking backward as it fell toward my desk. I liked school, ...

As a sleep specialist, I find it incredibly rewarding to treat people with narcolepsy. It can be unnerving to be diagnosed with the disorder. But it’s also a huge relief, because people finally know ...

Pitolisant (Wakix) in children ages 6 years and up led to clinically meaningful improvements in narcolepsy symptoms in a phase III trial. Among 110 kids with narcolepsy with or without cataplexy, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 14-item self-reported scale improved the management of and provided guidance for narcolepsy type 1 among ...

Narcolepsy used to be a sure-fire punchline. It seemed everybody laughed at the character who instantly fell asleep at the worst possible moment. Everybody except people who had narcolepsy. These days ...

(CNN) — Matthew Horsnell began falling asleep for no reason when he was in sixth grade. “I would go to bed at 8:30 at night, yet every morning I would wake up and struggle to get out of bed,” said ...