Sodium Oxybate-Induced Sleep Driving and Sleep-Related Eating Disorder
- 15 June 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) in Sleep Medicine
- Vol. 7 (3), 310-311
- https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.1082
Abstract
Hypnosedative-induced complex behaviors have gained increased attention in recent years as a potential complication of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-receptor agonist use. Sodium oxybate (SO), the sodium salt of γ-hydroxybutyrate, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, has been associated with dose-dependent rates of somnambulism; however, there is limited information about complex motor behaviors with SO. We describe a patient with narcolepsy-cataplexy who experienced one episode of sleep-driving and at least two sleep-related eating episodes with therapeutic doses of SO.Keywords
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