Vol. 27 (1-2) 2006 Neuro endocrinology letters

Cataplexy treated with escitalopram--clinical experience.

BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a debilitating sleep disease of which some symptoms can be treated with antidepressants. The antidepressant escitalopram is considered the most specific serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ten patients (5 men and 5 women, age range 18-77 years) suffering fr.....