This brand name is authorized in Austria.
The drug ALCOVER contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):
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7G33012534 - SODIUM OXYBATE
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Sodium oxybate is a central nervous system depressant which reduces excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy and modifies sleep architecture reducing fragmented nighttime sleep. The precise mechanism by which sodium oxybate produces an effect is unknown, however sodium oxybate is thought to act by promoting slow (delta) wave sleep and consolidating night-time sleep. |
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This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:
| ATC Group | Classification | |
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| N07BB | Drugs used in alcohol dependence | N Nervous system → N07 Other nervous system drugs → N07B Drugs used in addictive disorders |
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