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Case Reports
. 2011 Jun 15;7(3):310-1.
doi: 10.5664/JCSM.1082.

Sodium oxybate-induced sleep driving and sleep-related eating disorder

Douglas McKay Wallace  1 , Tanisha Maze, Shirin Shafazand
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Sodium oxybate-induced sleep driving and sleep-related eating disorder

Douglas McKay Wallace et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .

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: Sodium oxybate; narcolepsy; parasomnia; sleep driving; sleep related eating disorder.

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