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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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Fatigue | 1196 |
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280 |
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 282 |
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99 |
| Brain fog | 72 |
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21 |
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 58 |
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8 | |
| Other | 51 |
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11 | ||
| Cognitive impairment | 32 |
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10 |
See all 1427 patients currently taking Modafinil
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Modafinil. See all 46 dosages ►
| 0.5 100mg as needed | 0.5 200mg as needed | 0other as needed | 100 mg as needed | 100mg as needed | 10mg as needed | 150mg as needed | 1.5 100mg as needed | 1mg as needed | 200 mg as needed | 200mg as needed | 2 100mg as needed | 2 200mg daily | 300mg as needed | 400mg as needed | 50mg as needed | as needed | daily | mg as needed | 1 daily | 1 mcg daily | 1 other daily | 2 mg daily | 3 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 100 mg weekly | 20 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 50 daily | 50 mg daily | 70 mg daily | 100 daily | 100 mg daily | 100 mg one time | 150 mg daily | 200 daily | 200 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 800 tbs. daily | 1200 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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119 |
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Other
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98 |
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Expense
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86 |
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Side effects too severe
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81 |
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Doctor's advice
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60 |
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Change in health plan coverage
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25 |
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Personal research
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17 |
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Course of treatment ended
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9 |
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Not indicated
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3 |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 381 patient evaluations
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- biker72
- Sex: M
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: Some
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: all
- Description:M38y
- FM:1y Dx
- CFS:1y Dx
- See profile
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- biker72
- 200 mg daily
- since Nov 07, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Provigil isn't for everyone... My fatigue is so major, that I must take it. I often alternate taking it one day, then skipping the next. I find that it wo... See full evaluation
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- Magzmom
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- 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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- dad_of_2
- Sex: M
- Bulbar: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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- dad_of_2
- 200 mg daily
- since Sep 22, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 381 patient evaluations
Report created on September 09, 2010.