Treatment of narcolepsy with L-tyrosine

Lancet. 1988 Dec;2(8626-8627):1458-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)90935-x.

Abstract

8 patients with narcolepsy were treated with oral tyrosine. Within six months all were free from daytime sleep attacks and cataplexy.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Narcolepsy / drug therapy*
  • Sleep, REM / physiology
  • Tyrosine / administration & dosage
  • Tyrosine / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Tyrosine