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Narcolepsy Symptom Report

Narcolepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent, uncontrollable brief episodes of sleep and lapses in consciousness, often associated with hypnagogic hallucinations (seeing and hearing things as one is falling asleep), cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone) and sleep paralysis. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Narcolepsy severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Narcolepsy

Treatments Patients Take For Narcolepsy
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
3 50% Methylphenidate: 50%
2 33% Modafinil: 33%
1 17% Amphetamine-Dextroamphetamine: 17%
1 17% Dexedrine: 17%
1 17% Dextroamphetamine: 17%
1 17% Xyrem: 17%

Report created on November 22, 2009.