Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.20471/may.2022.58.02.14
Daridorexant
Vjekoslav Peitl
orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-6411
; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Darko Vlahović
; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Daridorexant belongs to a class of drugs known as dual orexin receptor (OX1R and OX2R) antagonists. It achieves its function by blocking the binding of wake-promoting neuropeptides orexins. This novel mechanism is believed to turn down overactive wakefulness and as we know so far, most other treatments for insomnia can be sedating.
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284581
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Publication date:
23.10.2022.
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