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What is Armodafinil?

Armodafinil is a stimulant that is used to improve wakefulness in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder; and as adjunctive therapy for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (breathing interruption in sleep).

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 22
Moderate
 32
Mild
 36
None
 63

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Armodafinil

Inability to sleep 8
Headaches 7
Sleeplessness 5
Decreased appetite 5
Nausea 5
Heart rate increased 5
See all 50 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Armodafinil. See all 28 dosages ►

  250mg as needed 50mg as needed 150mg as needed 1 other daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 150 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 500 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 5 Number of Patients: 5 16 Number of Patients: 16 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 8 Number of Patients: 8 103 Number of Patients: 103 102 Number of Patients: 102 8 Number of Patients: 8 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Armodafinil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 31   Side effects too severe: 31%
Expense 25   Expense: 25%
Did not seem to work 24   Did not seem to work: 24%
Other 20   Other: 20%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 12%
Change in health plan coverage 12   Change in health plan coverage: 12%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%

See all 99 patients who’ve stopped taking Armodafinil

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Armodafinil

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Armodafinil

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Armodafinil

Always
 107 70%
Usually
 24 16%
Sometimes
 18 12%
Never
 4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Armodafinil

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 13 8%
A little
 17 11%
Not at all
 122 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Armodafinil

$200+
 13 12%
$100-199
 6 5%
$50-99
 26 23%
$25-49
 21 19%
< $25
 46 41%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.