The "smart drug" modafinil actually does work for some people, improving their performance on long and complex tasks, also enhancing decision-making and planning skills, a new review of studies finds.

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 ...

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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 ...

Previous research has supported the effectiveness of modafinil in treating children with ADHD. These investigators used a smaller and more easily swallowed tablet than the one now on the market. They ...

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The "smart drug" modafinil actually does work for some people, improving their performance on long and complex tasks, also enhancing decision-making and planning skills, a new review of studies finds.

A new study has concluded that taking the drug modafinil, typically used to treat sleep disorders, in combination with antidepressants reduces the severity of depression more effectively than taking ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee decides not to recommend approval of a new drug for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The committee was considering modafinil, a ...

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