Xyrem, FDA approved for EDS and Cataplexy in patients with Narcolepsy

¤ Narcolepsy is a neurological sleep disorder that can begin at any age and continues throughout life. The onset typically occurs during the teens or early twenties but it can also appear later in life. Predisposition to it seems to be hereditary. It is believed to affect approximately 1 in every 2000 people of both sexes and all races. It is not degenerative; therefore, people with narcolepsy can expect to live a normal life span. ¤ Major Daytime Symptoms include EDS and cataplexy. ¤ EDS, which includes daytime sleep attacks that may occur with or without warning and which may be uncontrollable; persistent drowsiness, which may continue for prolonged periods of time; and microsleeps, or fleeting moments of sleep, which may intrude into the waking state. ¤ Cataplexy is a sudden loss of voluntary muscle control, usually triggered by emotions such as laughter, surprise, fear, or anger. Cataplexy may occur more frequently during times of stress or fatigue. The cataplectic attack may involve only a slight feeling of weakness and limp muscles (ie., sagging facial muscles, a nodding head, buckling knees, loss of arm strength, garbled speech), or it may result in immediate and total body collapse, during which the person may appear unconscious, but is actually awake and alert. These attacks may last from a few seconds up to several minutes. Cataplectic episodes are related to the loss of muscle tone usually associated with the normal dreaming stage of sleep called rapid eye movement (REM); as a protection against acting out one's dreams, the muscles become immobile or paralyzed. <a title="Directory" href="http://www.hotvsnot.com/">Directory</a> organized by subject, including <a href="http://www.hotvsnot.com/Health/Medicine/" title="Medicine">Medicine</a>. <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=0.0.0.0">Xyrem, FDA approved for EDS and Cataplexy in patients with Narcolepsy</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=0.0.0.1">Login Page</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=0.2.0.0">Search Results</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.0.0.0">Overview</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.1.0.0">What Is Xyrem?</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.2.0.0">Taking Xyrem</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.3.0.0">Safety</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.4.0.0">Finding a Physician</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.5.0.0">Do I need Xyrem?</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.6.0.0">Patient Success Program</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.7.0.0">Sleep Resources</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.8.0.0">Patient FAQ</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=1.9.0.0">Reference Section</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.0.0.0">Decrease Excessive Daytime Sleepiness</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.1.0.0">Increase In Daytime Wakefulness</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.2.0.0">Reduce Cataplexy</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.3.0.0">Clinical Global Impression of Change</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.4.0.0">Mechanism of Action</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.5.0.0">Dosing & Administration</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.6.0.0">Safety</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.7.0.0">Physician Success Program (Rx Forms)</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.9.0.0">References</A> <A HREF="http://xyrem.com/html/main.isx?sitesec=50.10.0.0">Resource Center</A>