What is Nuvigil?
Nuvigil™ is a brand name for armodafinil, 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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 6 |
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4 | ||
| Brain fog | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| ADHD-Inattentive Type | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| anti-depression it gives me energy | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Fatigue | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 50% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 50% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 50% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- ChloeJ.
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Low
- 61 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- ChloeJ.
- 75 mg daily
- since Jul 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips It may affect your mood as well as your sleep problem See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.