What is Modafinil?
Modafinil is stimulant used to improve wakefulness in patients narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder; adjunctive therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. Off label it is used for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and to treat fatigue in MS and other disorders.
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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) | 29 |
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8 | ||
| Fatigue | 22 |
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4 | |||
| Treat Parkinson's | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 2 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Modafinil. See all 11 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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6 | 38% |
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Side effects too severe
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5 | 31% |
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Expense
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2 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 13% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 6% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- jntdsn
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- jntdsn
- 2 200mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Magzmom
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- Magzmom
- 200mg as needed
- since Apr 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Do not take too close to bedtime - or you will not sleep. Does give some help with daytime drowsiness. See full evaluation
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- sandyjc
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- sandyjc
- 200 mg daily
- since Oct 28, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
See all 14 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.