Psychosis in patients with narcolepsy as an adverse effect of sodium oxybate
Frontiers in Neurology September 16, 2014 Tomi eSarkanen, Valter eNiemelä, Anne-Marie eLandtblom et al.
Aim: Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are characteristic symptoms of narcolepsy, as are excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy and sleep paralysis. Narcolepsy patients may also experience daytime hallucinations unrelated to sleep-wake transitions. The effect of medication on hallucinations is of interest since treatment of narcolepsy may provoke psychotic symptoms. We aim to analyze...