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Eat
spinach or eggs for faster reflexes: Tyrosine helps you stop faster -
Science Daily, 2/11/14 - "The participants had two
sessions in the test lab. On one occasion they were given orange to drink that
contained tyrosine, and on the other occasion the orange juice contained a
placebo. The tests showed that the candidates performed better on the stopping
task if they had drunk the juice with tyrosine ... Tyrosine food supplements and
tyrosine-rich food are a healthy and inexpensive way of improving our
intellectual capabilities. This makes them preferable to Ritalin and Modafinil,
products that students often reach for to improve their academic performance.
Tyrosine is safe and doesn't need a doctor's prescription" - See
n-acetyl tyrosine at Amazon.com
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Modafinil Reduces Depression's Severity When Taken With Antidepressants -
Science Daily, 11/27/13 - "the scientists reviewed
various studies which had examined the use of modafinil as an add-on treatment
for depression ... modafinil improved the severity of depression as well as
remission rates. Modafinil also showed beneficial effects on fatigue and
sleepiness, with the added benefit of the comparable side effects to placebo"
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Modafinil and
Antipsychotic-Related Weight Gain - Medscape, 4/10/09
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Is Provigil Addictive? - WebMD, 3/17/09
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Modafinil Reduces Severe Cancer Fatigue - Clinical Psychiatry News, 8/08 -
"Among those with severe fatigue at baseline, patients
on modafinil had significantly greater reductions in fatigue, compared with
those on placebo"
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Modafinil May Keep Weight Gain From Olanzapine to Minimum - Clinical
Psychiatry News, 6/08
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Narcolepsy Drug Fights Cancer Fatigue - WebMD, 6/4/08 -
"The narcolepsy drug Provigil may help to relieve the
debilitating fatigue often experienced by cancer patients undergoing
chemotherapy ... patients taking the drug who had the most severe fatigue at the
beginning of the study demonstrated significant improvement, compared with those
in the placebo group" - See Provigil (modafinil) at
OffshoreRx1.com
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Modafinil Improves Cognitive Performance in Breast Cancer Survivors -
Doctor's Guide, 5/12/08
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Provigil (modafinil) Tablets - Warnings Added to Prescribing Information
Regarding Serious Rash and Hypersensitivity Reactions, and Psychiatric Symptoms
- Doctor's Guide, 10/24/07
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Modafinil Is Effective In Treating Excessive Sleepiness, Study Suggests -
Science Daily, 10/15/07
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Modafinil Can Improve Physical Fatigue in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
- Doctor's Guide, 10/9/07
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Small Modafinil Study Shows Promise for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder -
Doctor's Guide, 8/2/07
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'Genius Pill' Relieves Chemobrain - WebMD, 6/5/07 -
"Provigil seems to boost brainpower without causing the
jittery, restless feelings induced by amphetamines ... after just four weeks,
women could recall faster and more accurately recognize words and pictures. By
eight weeks, attention deficits improved and memory was even better"
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FDA Cites Stevens-Johnson in Modafinil's ADHD Rejection - Clinical
Psychiatry News, 9/06
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Modafinil for ADHD May Be Another Alternative to Stimulants - Medscape,
8/7/06
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Modafinil Appears to Improve Fatigue, Mental Well-Being of Patients With
Brain Tumors - Doctor's Guide, 6/6/06
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Armodafinil Improves Chronic Shift-Work Sleep Disorder in Night-Shift
Workers - Doctor's Guide, 5/30/06
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Does Modafinil
Treat Shift-work Sleep Disorder? - Medscape, 4/21/06
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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Against Approval of Sparlon for Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents - Doctor's
Guide, 3/24/06
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Panel: Drug Shouldn't Be Used for ADHD Yet - Intelihealth, 3/24/06
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Narcolepsy Drug Is Safe, Effective for ADHD - Clinical Psychiatry News,
2/06
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Narcolepsy Drug
Shows Promise for ADHD - WebMD, 12/6/05
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Pediatrics Publishes Pivotal Study Showing Sparlon Significantly Improves
ADHD Symptoms in Children and Adolescents - Doctor's Guide, 12/5/05
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Study Shows that Provigil (Modafinil) Tablets Improves Patients' Ability to
Remain Awake and Alert - Doctor's Guide, 8/4/05 -
"patients taking Provigil showed improvements in
their wakefulness, performance and level of attention"
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Antinarcolepsy Drug May Improve ADHD: Modafinil could prove an alternative
to stimulants for addressing symptoms, phase III studies show - Clinical
Psychiatry News, 7/05
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Modafinil (Provigil) Pediatric Formulation Shows Early, Sustained Effects in
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 5/26/05
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Post-Cancer Fatigue Treated With Psychostimulant Modafanil - Doctor's
Guide, 5/23/05
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Modafinil Appears Safe Treatment for Sleep Disorders Despite Short-Term
Blood Pressure or Heart Rate Elevations in Some Patients - Doctor's
Guide, 10/28/04
- Modafinil Cuts
Daytime Sleepiness Among Shift Workers - Medscape, 4/26/04
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FDA Approves Drug To Help Sleep Disorders - Intelihealth, 1/27/04
- Broader Use for
Stay-Awake Pill Approved - WebMD, 1/26/04
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FDA Approves of Expanded Labelling of Provigil (Modafinil), Previously
Approved for Treatment of Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 1/26/04
- Modafinil Helpful in
Sleep Apnea - Medscape, 12/17/03
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FDA Issues Approvable Letter to Broaden Provigil (Modafinil) Label -
Doctor's Guide, 10/20/03
- FDA Panel Backs
Broader Use of Stay-Awake Pill - WebMD, 9/26/03
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Drug Curbs Sleep, Raises Concerns - CBS News, 7/1/03
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Modafinil And D-Amphetamine Action On Electroencephalogram - Doctor's
Guide, 3/21/03
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Modafinil Reduces Sleepiness In Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide,
1/16/03
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United Kingdom Expands Approval For Provigil (Modafinil) To Include Sleep
Apnea/ Hypopnea Syndrome, Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 12/3/02
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Modafinil Improves Quality Of Life In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients -
Doctor's Guide, 11/6/02
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Provigil (Modafinil) Shows Promise for Treatment of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder in Children - Doctor's Guide, 10/29/02
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Modafinil Reduces Cytokine-induced Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
- Doctor's Guide, 10/16/02
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Cephalon Announces Positive Results from a Study of Provigil (Modafinil) in
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Doctor's
Guide, 9/17/02
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Children With Cerebral Palsy May Benefit From Modafinil Therapy -
Doctor's Guide, 5/3/02
- Nodding Off?
'Wake-Up Pills' Available - WebMD, 1/16/02 -
"It's a good wake promoter," Walsleben tells WebMD.
"It takes two hours to get going but has a half-life of 10 hours, so it
works all day long. By evening, there are no after-effects that affect
overnight sleep. It allows the sleep rhythm to be normal."
- Provigil (Modafinil)
Significantly Reduces Sleepiness in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Doctor's Guide, 11/2/01
- Modafinil (Provigil) Helps
Sleepy Parkinson’s Disease Patients Stay Awake - Doctor's Guide, 5/10/01
- No Benefit Noted From
Provigil (Modafinil) In Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -
Doctor's Guide, 7/31/00
- Provigil (Modafinil)
Enhances Performance and Alertness In Healthy, Sleep-Deprived Individuals
- Doctor's Guide, 6/21/00
- Switch To Modafinil
Benefits Patients With Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 6/20/00
- Provigil (Modafinil)
Reduced Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms - Doctor's
Guide, 5/18/00
- Modafinil safe and
effective for narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 5/2/00
- Narcolepsy drug, Provigil
(modafinil), controls fatigue in multiple sclerosis - Doctor's Guide,
5/2/00
- Modafinil Provides
Non-Addicting Option For Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 3/14/00
- Provigil Offers
Significant Benefit In Reducing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Doctor's
Guide, 2/3/00
- Provigil Reduces Fatigue
In MS And Other Disorders - Doctor's Guide, 1/14/00
- Provigil Now Available In
The U.S. For Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide, 2/16/99
- FDA Approves Provigil For
Daytime Sleepiness In Patients With Narcolepsy - Doctor's Guide,
12/29/98
Abstracts:
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A placebo-controlled evaluation of adjunctive modafinil in the treatment of
bipolar depression - Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Aug;164(8):1242-9 -
"These data suggest that adjunctive modafinil at
doses of 100-200 mg a day may improve depressive symptoms in patients with
bipolar disorder"
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Modafinil for Atypical Depression: Effects of Open-label and Double-blind
Discontinuation Treatment - J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006
Aug;26(4):373-378 - "modafinil significantly
improved atypical depression symptoms during 12 weeks of open-label
treatment (mean +/- SD Hamilton Depression Scale (29-item version) score
changed from 34 +/- 8.2 at baseline to 9.7 ... Modafinil was well tolerated
and the drug was associated with significant weight loss compared with
placebo"
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Modafinil for excessive sleepiness associated with shift-work sleep disorder
- N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 4;353(5):476-86
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