Pitolisant
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pitolisant-185-7002099
title:
Pitolisant
text:
Pitolisant, sold under the brand name Wakix among others, is a medication used for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in adults with narcolepsy. It is a histamine 3 (H3) receptor antagonist/inverse agonist. It represents the first commercially available medication in its class, so that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declares it a first-in-class medication. Pitolisant enhances the activity of histaminergic neurons in the brain that function to improve a person's wakefulnes
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medication to treat narcolepsy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitolisant
date created:
2008-11-14T12:33:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:33:31Z
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