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What is Sodium Oxybate?

Sodium oxybate is the salt form of the drug gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (4-hydroxybutanoic acid, C4H8O3), commonly abbreviated GHB. Historically, GHB has been used in a medical setting as a general anesthetic, to treat conditions such as insomnia, clinical depression, narcolepsy, and alcoholism.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sleeplessness 10 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 9 1 Efficacy_major
Pain 6 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Narcolepsy 5 1 Efficacy_major
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 4 1 Efficacy_major
Difficulty sleeping through night 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 32 patients currently taking Sodium Oxybate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 4
Mild
 3
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Sodium Oxybate

Nausea 3
Headaches 2
Sweating excessive 2
Stomach upset 1
Confusion upon waking 1
anesthesia 1
See all 12 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Sodium Oxybate. See all 20 dosages ►

  3 g daily 8 mg daily 8 g daily 9 g daily 9 mg daily 500 mg monthly 1,000 mg monthly 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sodium Oxybate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 63%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 25%
Expense 1   Expense: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Sodium Oxybate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Sodium Oxybate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Sodium Oxybate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sodium Oxybate

Always
 9 82%
Usually
 2 18%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sodium Oxybate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 27%
A little
 4 36%
Not at all
 4 36%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sodium Oxybate

$200+
 3 38%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 25%
< $25
 3 38%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.