Sleep-related breathing disorder (central sleep apnoea) improved coincidentally by medical therapy with fumarates (dimethyl fumarate)

Abdulmajeed M Albadi, Mana M Alshahrani, Riyad O Allehebi

Article Type

Case Report

Published

In this article, the authors describe a case study of a 31-year-old woman known to have multiple sclerosis and concomitant severe central sleep apnoea (CSA). She received the medication dimethyl fumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, and her CSA significantly improved to mild CSA after the treatment.

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Lurasidone for the treatment of schizophrenia in adult and paediatric populations

Teresa Guilera, Juan Pablo Chart Pascual, Maria del Carmen Blasco, Pilar Calvo Estopiñán, Rubén Asensio Piernas González, Isabel Ramírez Martínez, Cristóbal Rodríguez Moyano, Rita Prieto Pérez, Irene Gabarda-Inat, Juan L Prados-Ojeda, Marina Diaz-Marsà, Manuel Martín-Carrasco

Article Type

Review

Published

In this review, the lurasidone development programme for adult and paediatric patients is described. In addition, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of lurasidone are revisited, pivotal clinical studies conducted on both adults and children are summarized, and several clinical cases are also presented.

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