Modafinil

The picture of finals arriving and all the student around campus trying to cram and relearn all the concepts that were taught this semester is not strange. Students cramming for finals and midterms often turn to coffee and nicotine to get through long study sessions. Though some students use more addicting substances to get through long study sessions, there are reports saying that 5%-35% of college students have used stimulants such as adderall, ritalin, and modafinil in the past year (Bostrom). “Smart drugs” such as adderall ,ritalin, and modafinil are subgroup of cognitive enhancers that involve drugs and often times cause moral dilemmas (Whetstine, L.). Caffeine and nicotine also play a large role in this subgroup of drugs that promote cognitive enhancements, but are widely…

Cognitive Enhancers: How Should They be Handled People in the workforce or in school often turn to coffee and nicotine to get through long sessions of work. Some individuals will try stronger substances to get through long work sessions; researchers say that 5%-35% of college students have used stimulants such as adderall, ritalin, and modafinil in the past year (Bostrom). Strong cognitive enhancers such as adderall, ritalin, and modafinil often times cause moral dilemmas (Whetstine). Two…

Names: Generic: modafinil, Trade name in New Zealand: MODAVIGIL® (MIMS 2015). Drug class: Central nervous stimulants (Wake- promoting agents) (Ballon and Feifel, 2006) Formulation: Modavigil ® is formulated as modafinil white to off-white, crystalline powder in tablet form. It is available in tablets containing 100mg of modafinil. Excipients in the tablet are: lactose, strach, pregelatinised maize, maicrocrystaline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, providone and magnesium stearate (Medsafe,…

Students’ schedules are full of classes, studying, clubs, sports, sleep, and not enough time. This is a problem that many college students run into as they go through school. They sign up for all of their classes, along with academic and social clubs as well as sports, and end up finding no time to focus on the studying their classes require. Overscheduling is what leads some college students to start taking cognitive enhancers or what they call “Smart Pills.” Cognitive enhancers are drugs such…

The medicine drug costs are really shooting up making it difficult for most of us to buy them without putting a burden on our pockets. However, if you really check out online there are still some reliable sources like the online pharmacy stores which are offering some discount prices on branded and generic drugs. For instance you can buy Modafinil online in discount price from this store saving a few dollars on your order. They also advice their customers to look out for generic version of the…

experience using Modafinil (known as Provigil in the U.S.), during a period in his life when concentration, speed and accuracy were crucial in helping him organize himself in order to succeed at two jobs. By day, Borden was conducting qualitative analysis's and acting as project manager for a B2B start-up, and by night he was busy working on developing a high-frequency Wall-Street-esque trading system. Borden desperately needed more time to work, and to continually perform well, he started using…

How Is Armodafinil Better Than Modafinil? Modafinil and Armodafinil both drugs are used to improve the energy levels and alertness. Modafinil (Provigil) was developed early in France by the Company called as Lafon and it was started using for narcolepsy in 1994. Armodafinil is came in to the market since 2007. It is like a mirror image of Modafinil, but its changed chemical structure making it more strong. If we looks at the clinical angle, it is prescribed for the same clinical…

awake for long periods of time and have difficulty staying asleep. This disorder can be treated many different ways including through the use of pharmaceutical drugs, such as Modafinil and Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB). Several studies have been done on both drugs to determine the effectiveness of each drug on the symptoms of narcolepsy. The study done on Modafinil used fifty narcoleptics as the test subjects to assess…

Modalert: Modalert is the generic trade name for Modafinil. Modafinil is a prescription medicine designed for narcoleptics. It is associated with improved mental functioning in a sleep deprived state that boosts alertness and prevents sleep. Modalert is regarded as best memory enhancer, as it really exalts memory and cognition. It is a potent and highly famous supplement in the category of nootropics(supplements that is primarily ingested for its brain effects). There can be many reasons for…

Thank you for sending Renee back to see me just over two years since the last appointment. When last reviewed, Renee trialled modafinil, reaching a dose of 200mg bd, but struggled with it due to nausea and what she believed to be increased somnolence. She did not attend for a follow-up appointment and has battles through with the symptoms over the last couple of years. Her sleep patterns are similar to before in that she is achieving typically eight hours of sleep and is consistently waking…