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 ...

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 ...

McMaster University researchers Dena Zeraatkar and Tyler Pitre have found that the drug solriamfetol is the most effective treatment for excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) for people with obstructive ...

Modafinil use creates a debate on how far to push the limits of the human body. July 24, 2007 — -- In 2003, David Plotz, a busy writer and father of a toddler, was feeling sleep-deprived and ...

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 ...

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 ...

June 12, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — A drug used to treat narcolepsy might have another use, researchers say, in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue. Modafinil, sold by Cephalon under the brand ...

Control-related cognitive processes such as rule selection and maintenance are associated with cortical oscillations in the gamma range, and modulated by catecholamine neurotransmission.