The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1617
February 8, 2021
Pitolisant (Wakix) for Narcolepsy
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Pitolisant (Wakix) for Narcolepsy
February 8, 2021 (Issue: 1617)
The FDA has approved pitolisant (Wakix – Harmony), a histamine-3 (H3)-receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, for treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) or cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy. It is the first H3-receptor antagonist/inverse...more
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