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Sodium Oxybate

Known as: Sodium Oxybutyrate, Sodium Oxybate [Chemical/Ingredient], 4-Hydroxybutyrate Sodium 
The sodium salt of 4-hydroxybutyric acid. It is used for both induction and maintenance of ANESTHESIA.
National Institutes of Health

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4-hydroxybutyric acidAdjuvants, AnesthesiaAnestheticsAnesthetics, Intravenous

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6-tuliposide ASomsanitXyremtuliposide A
BarbituratesCataplexyIn Bloodagonists

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Treatment of narcolepsy and other organic hypersomnias in children.
Review
2016
Review
2016
The behavioural profile of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone and 1,4-butanediol in humans
2012
2012
Cases of pediatric narcolepsy after misdiagnoses.
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Clinical, polysomnographic and laboratory characteristics of narcolepsy-cataplexy in a sample of children and adolescents.
2011
2011
Sodium oxybate in the treatment of binge eating disorder: an open-label, prospective study.
OBJECTIVE To assess preliminarily the effectiveness of sodium oxybate in binge eating disorder. METHOD This was an open-label… 
2009
2009
Cognitive, psychomotor, and subjective effects of sodium oxybate and triazolam in healthy volunteers
RationaleIllicit gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has received attention as a “date rape drug” that produces robust amnesia; however… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Sodium oxybate: efficacy, safety and tolerability in the treatment of narcolepsy with or without cataplexy.
Sodium oxybate is the sodium salt of gamma- hydroxybutyrate, an endogenous cerebral inhibitory neurotransmitter. It is licensed… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Sodium oxybate for the treatment of narcolepsy
Narcolepsy, a lifelong disease with diverse symptoms, poses a therapeutic challenge to physicians. Psychomotor stimulants are… 
1976
1976
Reversal of the anaesthetic action of sodium gamma-hydroxybutyrate.
: Physostigmine was administered intravenously to 25 patients, anaesthetised with sodium gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), and their… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
[Summary of an experimental and clinical study on a metabolic substrate with inhibitory central action: sodium 4-hydroxybutyrate].
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