If you've spent time researching wakefulness-promoting medications, you've almost certainly come across two names: modafinil and armodafinil. They're frequently discussed together, and for good reason ...

Modafinil, available under the brand name Provigil, is a central nervous system stimulant drug. This means that it helps a person feel awake and focused. While there is no cure for the disease, ...

Both modafinil and Adderall are prescribed to treat narcolepsy, but Adderall is also used for ADHD, while modafinil is used for obstructive sleep apnea and shift work disorder. While both medications ...

Modafinil is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase wakefulness in adults with daytime sleepiness due to certain conditions. These include: narcolepsy obstructive sleep apnea ...

Latest research presented at the meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes has associated daytime napping and drowsiness with an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. Reuters ...

A new systematic review shows that modafinil does indeed confer significant cognitive benefits in certain groups and with certain tasks, including decision-making and planning. The drug modafinil was ...

Modafinil (2-[(Diphenylmethyl) sulfinyl] acetamide; brand name Provigil in the United States) is a novel wake-promoting agent first marketed in France in the early 1990s, as a treatment for the ...

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial ...

Patients with shift-work sleep disorder chronically have excessive sleepiness during night work and insomnia when attempting to sleep during the day. We evaluated the use of modafinil for treating ...

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In the realm of cognitive enhancement, modafinil reigns supreme as the "king of nootropics." Widely embraced by top professionals, especially in tech-centric areas like Silicon Valley and beyond, it ...