Pregnancy can be a challenging time, particularly for women with sleep disorders such as narcolepsy who rely on medications to manage symptoms. There isn't clear information to guide either women or their healthcare providers on what to do during pregnancy. To discuss managing women with narcolepsy during pregnancy we spoke to Dr Michael Thorpy from Montefiore Medical Centre, New York.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline / Chapters:

• 00:00 - 02:36 Introduction
• 02:36 - 26:29 Theme - Medication in Pregnancy
• 26:29 - 27:46 Clinical Tip
• 27:46 - 30:40 Pick of the Month
• 30:40 - 32:36 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: Sleep and Pain

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Prescribing medicines in pregnancy database - TGA (Australia)
• Drug Label Search - FDA (USA)
• Dr Michael Thorpy - Bio at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Survey of experiences of women with narcolepsy in conception and pregnancy - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
• Management of narcolepsy during pregnancy - Article by Michael Thorpy in Sleep Medicine
• Modafinil and Armodafinil registry data - Note in Reactions Weekly June 2019
• Review of sleep medication use in pregnancy and breastfeeding - Chest
• Database on drug use during breastfeeding - LactMed (USA)
• Leaders who devalue sleep - Sleep Health
• NITE study
• Webinar series - Australasian Sleep Association