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Why WAKIX

Why WAKIX?

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Chris Winter, MD

Board-certified neurologist and sleep specialist

  • Different mechanism of action
  • Not a controlled substance
  • Evaluated in multiple clinical studies and FDA approved in 2019
  • Treats both excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy
  • Established safety and tolerability profile in clinical studies
  • Strong recommendation for the treatment of narcolepsy in adults in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Clinical Practice Guideline* (clinically significant improvement in EDS and cataplexy)1

    *Clinical practice guideline on the treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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Reference

  1. AASM Task Force. Treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(9):1881-1893.