As a chronic insomniac (and consequently incoherent raver - the mutterings at the end of the Beatle's "I'm so tired" represent my daily conversation), I am very interested to read of a possible drug that targets a hormone family called "orexins", low levels of which are found in narcoleptics. Apparently the drug has few if any known side effects.
Some of you neurologically and pharmacologically educated bloggers: read and expound on this please! I'm so tired...
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Sorry, must have nodded off.
Bob