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Sodium oxybate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

Stephen M. Stahl
Stephen M. Stahl
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University of California, San Diego
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Prescriber's Guide
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology
 , pp. 733 - 736
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Carter, LP, Pardi, D, Gorsline, J, Griffiths, RR. Illicit gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and pharmaceutical sodium oxybate (Xyrem): differences in characteristics and misuse. Drug Alcohol Depend 2009;104(1–2):1–10.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Moldofsky, H, Inhaber, NH, Guinta, DR, Alvarez-Horine, SB. Effects of sodium oxybate on sleep physiology and sleep/wake-related symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. J Rheumatol 2010;37(10):2156–66.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Owen, RT. Sodium oxybate: efficacy, safety and tolerability in the treatment of narcolepsy with or without cataplexy. Drugs Today (Barc) 2008;44(3):197–204.Google ScholarPubMed
Russell, IJ, Perkins, AT, Michalek, JE, et al. Sodium oxybate relieves pain and improves function in fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60(1):299–309.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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  • Sodium oxybate
  • Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Prescriber's Guide
  • Online publication: 19 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921275.123
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  • Sodium oxybate
  • Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Prescriber's Guide
  • Online publication: 19 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921275.123
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  • Sodium oxybate
  • Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Prescriber's Guide
  • Online publication: 19 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921275.123
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