[Gammahydroxybutyrate must remain available for patients with narcolepsy].
There is growing public concern about the use of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) as a party drug. This justified concern about misuse, however, should not lead to prohibition of the drug as it is efficacious in narcolepsy.
Lammers
G J
GJ
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Neurologie en Klinische neurofysiologie, Leiden.
van Dijk
J G
JG
Ferrari
M D
MD
van Gerven
J M
JM
Declerck
A C
AC
Troost
J
J
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