Treatment of narcolepsy with L-tyrosine.
8 patients with narcolepsy were treated with oral tyrosine. Within six months all were free from daytime sleep attacks and cataplexy.
Mouret
J
J
Unité Clinique de Psychiatrie Biologique, Hôpital du Vinatier, Bron, France.
Lemoine
P
P
Sanchez
P
P
Robelin
N
N
Taillard
J
J
Canini
F
F
D000284:Administration, Oral; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014443:Tyrosine