Narcolepsy
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Help for med costs
Natl. Org. for Rare Disorders (NORD)
This site explains how to get the costs of your medication for narcolepsy or another rare disorder covered if you can't afford to buy it, whether because your insurance won't pay for it or you have no insurance.
Understanding narcolepsy
Health and Age
Learn from this excellent 10-page document explaining narcolepsy; symptoms, triggers of cataplexy, effects on physical and emotional functioning, medications and side effects, and more.
Medications for it
Narcolepsy Network
See this overview and list of newer and older medications for narcolepsy if you or someone you care about needs pharmaceutical help for the condition.
Four videos offer hope
JetArk
Although there isn't a cure yet, medication can help symptoms of narcolepsy. See all four brief videos here, including people with the disorder and medical professionals.
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Points and facts
Nat. Heart, Lungs and Blood Inst.
See this brief list of key points concerning narcolepsy, including facts you might not know and links to further information.
Finally diagnosed
Narcolepsy -- A Sleep Disorder
This is a little hard on the eyes, but a good letter about what it's like to have narcolepsy for one woman.
Do I have it?
Natl. Inst. Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Learn what narcolepsy is, treatment of it, prognosis for it and about research on it. This is a basic, one-page overview, also available in Spanish
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Working and narcolepsy
National Sleep Foundation
Read this interesting article if you want to know whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers workers with narcolepsy. It might, depending on your circumstances.
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Research faqs
Stanford School of Medicine
See these questions on narcolepsy and click for the researched answers. For instance, do you know what hypocretin is? How about HLA? Can narcolepsy be passed genetically to a child?

