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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
 26
Moderate
 30
Mild
 38
None
 65

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

Headaches 9
Inability to sleep 8
Nausea 5
Decreased appetite 5
Sleeplessness 5
Heart rate increased 5
See all 59 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Armodafinil. See all 29 dosages ►

  250mg as needed 150mg as needed 50mg as needed 1 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 150 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 500 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 16 Number of Patients: 16 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 8 Number of Patients: 8 112 Number of Patients: 112 110 Number of Patients: 110 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 32   Side effects too severe: 30%
Expense 25   Expense: 23%
Did not seem to work 25   Did not seem to work: 23%
Other 21   Other: 19%
Change in health plan coverage 15   Change in health plan coverage: 14%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 11%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%

See all 106 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
 110 69%
Usually
 25 16%
Sometimes
 19 12%
Never
 5 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Armodafinil

Very
 3 2%
Somewhat
 12 8%
A little
 18 11%
Not at all
 126 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Armodafinil

$200+
 13 11%
$100-199
 6 5%
$50-99
 25 21%
$25-49
 21 18%
< $25
 52 44%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.