Therapeutic Category
- Central Nervous System Stimulant
- Histamine-3 (H3) Receptor Antagonist/Inverse Agonist
Medication Safety Issues
Sound-alike/look-alike issues:
Pitolisant may be confused with Pitocin
Wakix may be confused with Lasix
International issues:
Pitolisant may be confused with Pitogin brand name for oxytocin [Indonesia].
Wakix: Brand name for pitolisant [US] may be confused with Walix brand name for oxaprozin [Italy] or Warix brand name for podofilox [Switzerland].
