Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1 patient during pregnancy - A case report
Narcolepsy type 1 is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), sleep fragmentation, hypnagogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and cataplexy. Stimulant medications such as modafinil and amphetamines are the first-line medications for treating sleepiness...
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| author | Felipe Barros Ana Carolina Rodrigues Aguilar Sergio Tufik Fernando Morgadinho Coelho |
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| description | Narcolepsy type 1 is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), sleep
fragmentation, hypnagogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and cataplexy. Stimulant medications
such as modafinil and amphetamines are the first-line medications for treating sleepiness. However,
the management of narcolepsy during special circumstances of life such as pregnancy is complex.
MMDM is a 34-year-old female with Narcolepsy type 1 treated with modafinil (400mg/d) and
citalopram (20mg/d). Before she become pregnant, modafinil and citalopram were replaced for
L-Carnitine 510mg/d with good outcome. She underwent an usual pregnancy and was submitted
to a term cesarean delivery without child-birth complications. This is the first description of oral
L-Carnitine such an alternative to treatment narcolepsy type 1 during pregnancy. Treat these patients
is not easy but care narcolepsy pregnant is a challenging even bigger. In a disease without
many treatment options, L-Carnitine can be used to treat daytime sleepiness during pregnancy in
narcolepsy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbc6d3ee2bbd4a9f8086887f217bf3e02024-01-02T11:46:06ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Sleep Science1984-06591984-00632018-12-0111421521610.5935/1984-0063.20180035Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1 patient during pregnancy - A case reportFelipe Barros0Ana Carolina Rodrigues Aguilar1Sergio Tufik2Fernando Morgadinho Coelho3 UNFESP, Neurologia e Neurocirurgia - São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil. UNIFESP, Psicobiologia - São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil. UNFESP, Neurologia e Neurocirurgia - São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil. UNFESP, Neurologia e Neurocirurgia - São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil.Narcolepsy type 1 is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), sleep fragmentation, hypnagogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and cataplexy. Stimulant medications such as modafinil and amphetamines are the first-line medications for treating sleepiness. However, the management of narcolepsy during special circumstances of life such as pregnancy is complex. MMDM is a 34-year-old female with Narcolepsy type 1 treated with modafinil (400mg/d) and citalopram (20mg/d). Before she become pregnant, modafinil and citalopram were replaced for L-Carnitine 510mg/d with good outcome. She underwent an usual pregnancy and was submitted to a term cesarean delivery without child-birth complications. This is the first description of oral L-Carnitine such an alternative to treatment narcolepsy type 1 during pregnancy. Treat these patients is not easy but care narcolepsy pregnant is a challenging even bigger. In a disease without many treatment options, L-Carnitine can be used to treat daytime sleepiness during pregnancy in narcolepsy.http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/518/ssci-11-04-0215.pdfNarcolepsyPregnancyL-Carnitine |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Barros Ana Carolina Rodrigues Aguilar Sergio Tufik Fernando Morgadinho Coelho Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1 patient during pregnancy - A case report Sleep Science Narcolepsy Pregnancy L-Carnitine |
| title | Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1
patient during pregnancy - A case report |
| title_full | Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1
patient during pregnancy - A case report |
| title_fullStr | Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1
patient during pregnancy - A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1
patient during pregnancy - A case report |
| title_short | Oral L-Carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1
patient during pregnancy - A case report |
| title_sort | oral l carnitine used to treat narcoleptic type 1 patient during pregnancy a case report |
| topic | Narcolepsy Pregnancy L-Carnitine |
| url | http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/518/ssci-11-04-0215.pdf |
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