This invention relates, in part, to methods of treating, preventing and/or managing a sleep disorder using enantiomerically pure (S)-didesmethylsibutramine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, clathrate or prodrug thereof. Specific methods for treating, preventing and/or managing insomnia, wakefulness, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, shift work sleep disorder, and periodic limb movement disorder are also disclosed.
该发明部分涉及使用对映纯(S)-去甲
二甲噻丁胺或其药学上可接受的盐、
水合物、溶剂物、包合物或前药,治疗、预防和/或管理睡眠障碍的方法。还公开了治疗、预防和/或管理失眠症、清醒、昼夜节律睡眠障碍、倒班工作睡眠障碍和周期性肢体运动障碍的具体方法。