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What is a cataplexy?

What is a cataplexy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
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I have Narcolepsy and as a result I experience cataplexy, automatic behavior, sleep paralysis, microsleeps, and hypnagogic hallucinations.
Sleepiness and cataplexy are the symptoms of narcolepsy that most often merit treatment with drugs.
You will often also experience cataplexy triggered by emotion, especially amusement, anger, and elation.
Not enough people suffer from cataplexy for a major drug company to bother investing in research and development of this medicine.
While medication and naps helped her deal with narcolepsy, no proven treatment for cataplexy has been found.
It is also approved by the EMEA for the treatment of narcolepsy with cataplexy in adult patients.

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