@sleepstate, I noticed that you wished to post a URL with your post. You will be able to add URLs to your posts in a few days. There is a brief period where new members can't post links. We do this to deter spammers and keep the community safe. Clearly the links you wanted to post are not spam. Please allow me to post it for you.

- The Strange Connection Between Opioid Addiction and Narcolepsy Might Help Us Treat Both https://gizmodo.com/the-strange-connection-between-opioid-addiction-and-nar-1827186672
- Change in brain cells linked to opiate addiction, narcolepsy https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/change-in-brain-cells-linked-to-opiate-addiction-narcolepsy
- Opiates increase the number of hypocretin-producing cells in human and mouse brain and reverse cataplexy in a mouse model of narcolepsy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29950444/