Do you know there are more than 250000 persons are affected by narcolepsy around the world , which is a disorder of having frequent daytime sleepiness and falling asleep spontaneously even if they had there normal amount of sleep at night.

Narcolepsy is a sleep attacks which can last from 30seconds to 30min and which can also include cataplexy which is disorder of loss of muscles during emotional situations, also hallucinations and temporary paralysis are also found when the affected person get wake up.

The disorder is usually hereditary which can brought you brain damage as well as neurological diseases. Symptoms usually you may found during adolescence. Which are stimulants, antidepressants which can be easily control by the drugs. Some other measure to control its symptoms includes strategically timed naps, regular timing of nighttime sleep and avoidance of alcohol and heavy meals while going on bed.

Narcolepsy can be easily treated with amphetamine or amphetamine like stimulants and a couple new pharamacologically different drugs. The most common amphetamine-like drugs are dextroamphetamine, pemoline methamphetamine, and methylphenidate (Ritalin). These are classified as Central Nervous System (CNS) stimulants. The most prominent of the new drugs is modafinil, which is marketed as Provigil. Dextroamphetamine has a varying duration of action while methamphetamine and modafinil have a longer duration of action. Modafinil has a good toleration by the body and fewer sympathomimetic and side effects although it is generally lower potency than the amphetamine-like drugs.

This is all about narcolepsy and its treatment. Make sure to follow it properly to get rid of from this dangerous disorders.