SLEEP REPLACEMENT NASAL SPRAY BEING DEVELOPED

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

sleeplessScientists have discovered a naturally occuring brain hormone called orexin, which when administered nasally, has reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well rested monkeys in cognitive tests. The drug’s first application may be for the severe sleep disorder narcolepsy, but the drug performs the job of increasing alertness, reducing sleepiness without increasing edginess and it is expected to be a promising candidate for sleepl replacement or augmentation. The drug could be desired by more than 70 percent of Americans who The National Sleep Foundation estimate get less than the recommended eight hours of sleep. The research follows the discovery by Jerome Siegel Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA,that the absence of orexin A appears to cause narcolepsy.

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  1. Deborah Kitching says:

    I know they were testing the Orexin A nasal spray in Europe. What is the status of the testing? When do they think it will be available for use in the US?

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