The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy()

This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by episodes of emotion during vigil. Some antidep...

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Autores principales: Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida, Lopes, Danielle Antunes, Pereira, Danielle, Sguillar, Danilo Anunciatto, Lopes, Eduardo, Behrens, Nilce Sanny Costa da Silva, Lima, Taís Figueiredo de Araújo, Pradella-Hallinan, Marcia, Castro, Juliana, Tufik, Sergio, Coelho, Fernando Morgadinho Santos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.slsci.2014.07.016
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author Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida
Lopes, Danielle Antunes
Pereira, Danielle
Sguillar, Danilo Anunciatto
Lopes, Eduardo
Behrens, Nilce Sanny Costa da Silva
Lima, Taís Figueiredo de Araújo
Pradella-Hallinan, Marcia
Castro, Juliana
Tufik, Sergio
Coelho, Fernando Morgadinho Santos
author_facet Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida
Lopes, Danielle Antunes
Pereira, Danielle
Sguillar, Danilo Anunciatto
Lopes, Eduardo
Behrens, Nilce Sanny Costa da Silva
Lima, Taís Figueiredo de Araújo
Pradella-Hallinan, Marcia
Castro, Juliana
Tufik, Sergio
Coelho, Fernando Morgadinho Santos
author_sort Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida
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description This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by episodes of emotion during vigil. Some antidepressants, besides gamma-hydroxybutyrate, are used for the control of cataplexy. As gamma-hydroxybutyrate is not available in Brazil, local treatment is usually done by the use of antidepressants. Citalopram is a selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake, with reasonable price and with fewer side effects when compared with other drugs of the same type. In this study, we report a series of cases with patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy, treated with citalopram for the control of cataplexy.
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spelling pubmed-45216592015-10-19 The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy() Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida Lopes, Danielle Antunes Pereira, Danielle Sguillar, Danilo Anunciatto Lopes, Eduardo Behrens, Nilce Sanny Costa da Silva Lima, Taís Figueiredo de Araújo Pradella-Hallinan, Marcia Castro, Juliana Tufik, Sergio Coelho, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Sleep Sci Case Report This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by episodes of emotion during vigil. Some antidepressants, besides gamma-hydroxybutyrate, are used for the control of cataplexy. As gamma-hydroxybutyrate is not available in Brazil, local treatment is usually done by the use of antidepressants. Citalopram is a selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake, with reasonable price and with fewer side effects when compared with other drugs of the same type. In this study, we report a series of cases with patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy, treated with citalopram for the control of cataplexy. Elsevier 2014-03 2014-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4521659/ /pubmed/26483901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.slsci.2014.07.016 Text en © 2014 Brazilian Association of Sleep. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Fonseca, Hassana de Almeida
Lopes, Danielle Antunes
Pereira, Danielle
Sguillar, Danilo Anunciatto
Lopes, Eduardo
Behrens, Nilce Sanny Costa da Silva
Lima, Taís Figueiredo de Araújo
Pradella-Hallinan, Marcia
Castro, Juliana
Tufik, Sergio
Coelho, Fernando Morgadinho Santos
The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy()
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title_fullStr The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy()
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title_short The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.slsci.2014.07.016
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