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Treatments for Narcolepsy

Michael Jubinville, MPH

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Treatment

Talking to Your Doctor

Living With Narcolepsy

Resource Guide

Treating narcolepsy depends on the problems you have. The goals are to:

Ease daytime sleepiness and keep you alert
Lessen troublesome symptoms such as:
- Weakness
- Hallucinations
- Sleep paralysis

Narcolepsy is treated with one or both:

Lifestyle changes

Medications

There are no surgical procedures to treat narcolepsy.

REFERENCES:

Narcolepsy. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116132/Narcolepsy. Updated November 14, 2017. Accessed September 5, 2018.

Narcolepsy fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Narcolepsy-Fact-Sheet. Updated July 6, 2018. Accessed September 5, 2018.

Last reviewed May 2018 by EBSCO Medical Review Board Adrian Preda, MD Last Updated: 9/5/2018

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