Sleep Disorders

Key opinion leaders in sleep medicine discuss the pitolisant studies and their experience using the drug in clinical practice.

Margaret Park, MD, and Russell Rosenberg, PhD, DABSM, provide insight on novel FDA-approved treatment options and their impact on the narcolepsy treatment landscape.

A greater number of hypothalamic wake-promoting neurons were associated with a lower percentage of time in stage 2 of non-REM sleep and REM stages.

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Pitolisant, an agent that originally received FDA-approval in 2019 to treat excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy, will have efficacy and safety evaluated in a cohort of 200 patients with idiopathic hypersomnia.

Expert clinicians offer their insight on the associations between stroke and COVID-19, treatment for traumatic brain injury, the latest on aducanumab, priorities for research in migraine, and more, from the 2022 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Patients who switched from a twice-nightly stable regimen of Xyrem or Xywav to once-nightly FT218 reported that they preferred the new dosing schedule, along with challenges in adherence to twice-nightly dosing.

Margaret Park, MD, leads the discussion on setting and managing patient expectations for treatment in narcolepsy.

Expert sleep specialists review the case of a 22-year-old man who is diagnosed with excessive daytime sleepiness and type 2 narcolepsy and his challenges with treatment.

Despite a low percentage of patients missing work time due to their condition, a higher percentage reported impairment while working, overall work impairment, and activity impairment.

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In a subgroup analysis, Wuling capsule was significantly better than control when used as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy, though investigators suggest adjunctive use may be superior and more study is needed.

Rami H. Ben-Joseph, PhD, executive director, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, provided insight on the real-world CV-BOND study that evaluates the cardiovascular burden in patients with narcolepsy.

Investigators found no serious AEs related to acupuncture in all 22 studies that reported on it, consisting unanimously with findings in previous studies. Acupoints catgut embedding, auricular acupuncture plus manual acupuncture, and electroacupuncture plus acupoint application showed the most promise.

Drs Margaret Park and Russell Rosenberg illuminate challenges patients and providers face with narcolepsy medications, including potential substance abuse with scheduled substances.

Russell Rosenberg, PhD, DABSM, and Margaret Park, MD, review the optimal treatment selection of pharmacologic options for the management of patients with narcolepsy.

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Expert sleep specialists explore the use of nonpharmacologic treatment approaches for the management of narcolepsy.

Drs Margaret Park and Russell Rosenberg discuss challenges in the diagnosis of narcolepsy.

Key opinion leaders in sleep medicine discuss patient recognition of cataplexy symptoms in narcolepsy and their approach to narcolepsy diagnosis.

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