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=== Medications === Though no large trials have taken place which focus on the treatment of sleep paralysis, several drugs have promise in case studies. Two trials of [[gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid|GHB]] for people with narcolepsy demonstrated reductions in sleep paralysis episodes.<ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last=Sharpless |first=Brian |date=2016-07-19 |title=A clinician's guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis |journal=Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment |language=en |volume=12 |pages=1761β1767 |doi=10.2147/ndt.s100307 |pmc=4958367 |pmid=27486325 |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Pimavanserin]] has been proposed as a possible candidate for future studies in treating sleep paralysis.<ref name="newrev2018">{{cite journal | author = Baland Jalal | year = 2018 | title = The neuropharmacology of sleep paralysis hallucinations: serotonin 2A activation and a novel therapeutic drug | journal = Psychopharmacology (Berl) | volume = 235 | issue = 11| pages = 3083β3091 | doi= 10.1007/s00213-018-5042-1 | pmid = 30288594| pmc = 6208952 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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