Posted by utopizen on September 10, 2003, at 1:29:21
In reply to Re: What is Xyrem? » EscherDementian, posted by Ame Sans Vie on September 9, 2003, at 21:56:46
> Orphan Medical, the manufacturer of Xyrem, is trying to avoid the stigma attached to the name "gamma hydroxybutyrate" by using a different generic name for its product -- sodium oxybate. Clever, huh? lol Anyway, here's their site for more info:
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> http://www.xyrem.info
>I've only seen "GHB" used in abuse studies. Probably helps them get their funding, which is diverting real research into the drug into research on things we already know.
Sodium oxybate was the clinical term long before Xyrem came about. And I just got a FedEx overnight from them, and their literature consistently points out that it has been called "GHB" anyway.
They gave me studies on its use for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Of course, you have to ask them just to get it, because the FDA makes them only allowed to do this if you ask them first... but it's clear, through their new studies evaluating EDS as an endpoint result of Xyrem use, that their intent is to establish enough research to eventually get EDS indicated. FBS is very likely, if you read their statements on press releases.
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