New drug!
Question:
There is now a new disorder (well, I’m not positive that it’s "new", but I hadn’t heard it yet) and of course there is a new drug for it. The disorder is EDS which stands for "excessive daytime sleepiness". Is that anything like "being tired" ? It is an acronym for a term used in relation to a syndrome of EDS and cataplexy in narcoleptic patients, and the drug is called Xyrem, which is sodium oxybate, and is the very same thing as GHB, a popular "rave" drug, with reasonably high abuse potential. It is a controlled substance, DEA schedule III, and has a black-box warning about its potential for abuse, and that doctors should watch for "feigned cataplexy". So, if you are narcoleptic (fall asleep easily) and you are too tired during the day, you can now take a highly abusable CNS depressant at night. It’s a liquid, and you can take from 3000 to 9000 milligrams of it. I’m not sure how this would help, but they seem to say it does. Xyrem is only available through the "Xyrem Success Program", using a centralized pharmacy. They provide educational materials to the prescriber and the patient explaining the risks and proper use of sodium oxybate (GHB). I thought I’d point out, just for fun, that part of the success program with this drug, which even the manufacturer admits, is urinary incontinence while sleeping, and less often, fecal incontinence…(hey, at least it’s only while sleeping….) Oh, and most fun: It’s made by a company called "Jazz Pharmaceuticals" !! www.xyrem.com G
Response:
garyI thought your that Dr guy sorry if I mistookyou for someone else. .
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