date-rape" drugs, GHB, for patients with narcolepsy

September 2002

The FDA just approved one of the "date-rape" drugs, GHB, for patients with narcolepsy...it'll be called Xyrem.

The feds are concerned about abuse so they are limiting its availability to one centralized pharmacy.

Xyrem (sodium oxybate) is NOT a stimulant like Provigil (modafinil).

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