Modafinil, often sold under the name 'Provigil', is a wakefulness-promoting drug used to treat excessive sleeping in conditions such as narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea. However, some also use ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Provigil (modafinil) dosage for sleepiness from narcolepsy and other conditions is usually 200 mg per day. Dosage may vary based on your symptoms and other factors. Be sure to take the Provigil ...

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 ...

Prescriptions for the narcolepsy drug modafinil have rapidly increased in recent years, and most of this increase is due to off-label use, according to a new study. Because much of this use is among ...

If you could take a pill that will make you better at your job, with few or no negative consequences, would you do it? In a meta-analysis recently published in European Neuropsychopharmacology, ...