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Xywav - A Mixed-Salt Oxybate Oral Solution for Idiopathic Hypersomnia
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Dec 27, 2021 (Issue 1640)
is a CNS
depressant; its chemical name is gamma hydroxybutyrate
(GHB), which is notorious for its use ...
Xywav (Jazz), an oral solution that contains calcium,
magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates, has
been approved by the FDA for treatment of idiopathic
hypersomnia in adults. It is the first drug to be
approved in the US for this indication. Xywav was
approved in 2020 for treatment of excessive daytime
sleepiness or cataplexy in patients ≥7 years old with
narcolepsy. It contains about 92% less sodium than
sodium oxybate oral solution (Xyrem), which has
been available in the US for years for use in patients
≥7 years old with narcolepsy.