Clinical screening for narcolepsy/cataplexy in patients with fibromyalgia.
We report two cases of fibromyalgia occurring during the course of a long-standing narcolepsy/cataplexy. This association is probably not fortuitous and we propose an easy clinical procedure to search for narcolepsy/cataplexy in these patients. Narcolepsy/cataplexy is a treatable condition requiring drugs that in turn may improve in the long-term symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Disdier
P
P
Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
Genton
P
P
Bolla
G
G
Verrot
D
D
Christides
C
C
Harlé
J R
JR
Weiller
P J
PJ
D000368:Aged; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology