Methylphenidate Improves Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Methylphenidate is a dopamine-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.We report the case of a child with Wolfram syndrome who had narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea.We used methylphenidate, which improved her narcolepsy as well as her obstructive sleep apnea.
Authors
- Rajith Ravindren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8212-8080)
- Sajina Meenamkada
- Shibila A Mannil
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10069-0184
- Primary Topic
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00