sodium oxybate
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What is sodium oxybate?
Drug Name: SODIUM OXYBATE SOLN - ORAL
Other Brand Names: Xyrem
Uses: This medication is used to treat narcolepsy, a condition that causes severe daytime sleepiness. It can decrease symptoms such as daytime sleepiness, unwanted daytime naps/sleep attacks, and nighttime awakening. It also reduces the number of sudden short attacks of weak/paralyzed muscles (known as cataplexy) that can also occur in patients with narcolepsy. Sodium oxybate is a central nervous system depressant. It is also known as gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB).
Posts on sodium oxybate (15)
I have chronic fatigue syndrome (1994), Narcolepsy/mild sleep apnea (2005). I started on s...
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- Nov 20, 2011
Could Nuvigil(Armodafinil) and Xyrem(Sodium Oxybate) be added to the treatment section in s...
- Jun 27, 2011
I was diagnosed with narcolepsy two years ago, but feel confident I've had it most of my li...
- Jul 15, 2011
Are those of you who are on Xyrem happy with it? I have been on it for 3 months, it is the...
- Mar 04, 2007
Ok, Ive been injecting at least 420mg of ms contin a day. Enough to kill a horse, but Ive ...
- Sep 20, 2011
I am onXYREM i have been for over a year. I have had so many problems with it. everyones ...
- Aug 29, 2007
Thanks all for the thoughts down below, just got home from the ER again, this doc was very ...
- Jun 10, 2008
A few years ago I started having periods of feeling like I was awake and actually walking t...
- Jan 02, 2007
Ok I have a friend that Im truly worried about shes been smoking like a chimney ( she only ...
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