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Type: Product

Name: Modafinil

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Wellcome Trust

One in three finds revision aid pills easy to swallow

Survey reveals widespread acceptance of 'brain-boost' drugsMore than a third of people believe it is acceptable to use "brain-boosting" drugs to improve performance in exams or interviews, according to the first national survey of its kind.The Wellcome ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Drugs, ADHD, Wellcome Trust

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Armodafinil

Narcolepsy could explain sudden bouts of sleep

Dr. Anthony KomaroffDr. Anthony Komaroff / NEA/United MediaDear Doctor K: I’m 40 years old and in good health. But lately I’ve been falling asleep suddenly during the day. What could be causing this?Dear Reader: I hope it’s not from reading my column. ... [Published Burlington Times-News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Narcolepsy, Modafinil, Stimulant, Armodafinil, Dexedrine

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Young People Use Drugs for Dementia to Boost Brain Power

Share this with a friendFollow us and never miss a story!Young people in Britain have admitted to using dementia drugs for boosting their mental performance in a recent survey.The survey also found that young people use drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity ... [Published Opposing Views - May 17 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Dementia, Boost

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hidden Causes of Daytime Sleepiness

Insomnia seems to be the granddaddy of all sleep problems. But what about people who sleep too much or those who constantly feel sleepy even when they get “normal” amounts of sleep?What’s new: Some researchers are now finding that excessive sleepiness ... [Published Bottom Line Publications - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sleep Apnea, Somnolence, Narcolepsy, Patient

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

New Resources to Find Affordable Medications

As patients and consumers, we face more and more choices about our health care each year. We all support consumer empowerment in decisions about their care, but consumers don’t always have all the information they need to choose between different prescription ... [Published Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) Project - May 16 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Nexium, Patient

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Does Modafinil Work as a Brain Enhancer?... May 7, 2013

Editors Comment: Modafinil is sold under the brand name Provigil. It is approved for the treatment of narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that produces excessive daytime sleepiness. Unlike stimulants, modafinil works by elevating hypothalamic histamine levels, ... [Published Pro Health Network - May 07 2013]

Entities: Modafinil, Histamine, Drugs, Sleep Disorder

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Drugs.com Releases Q1 Sales for Top 100 U.S. Drugs: Rough U.S Flu Season Boosts Numbers for Tamiflu

SOURCE Drugs.comNEW YORK (Photo:$ http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130506/PH07894-a )(Photo:$ http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130506/PH07894-b )$ $ $ The top five drugs have minor shifts in rank but exhibit positive growth for Q1 2013. Abilify, ... [Published WSMV - May 06 2013]

Entities: Tamiflu, Drugs, INCIVEK, United States, Modafinil

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

It’s ‘brain Viagra’ to some but the efficacy and long-term effects of Provigil, or modafinil, are still not certain

It’s dubbed the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs’ drug of choice and ‘brain Viagra’ by Wall Street traders but whether the smart pill Provigil actually works is still up for debate.More than 500,000 Americans are using the smart drug regularly, according ... [Published BRW - May 06 2013]

Entities: Modafinil, Viagra, Drugs, Entrepreneur

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Generics hurt Teva sales but Copaxone keeps rising

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has posted a 26.7% decline in net income to $630 million for the first quarter, hit by lower sales of its generics in the USA.Total sales fell 4% to $4.90 billion, while turnover fell 11% in the USA to $2.44 billion, hit ... [Published Pharma Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Copaxone, Lipitor, Azilect, Modafinil

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go.And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane chemical ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Modafinil, Drugs, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Patient

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Provigil slump drags down Teva profit, revenue

Despite the drop in profit, Teva beat the analysts' earnings per share forecasts as Copaxone revenue rose.Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) today reported lower revenue and profits for the first quarter of 2013, as sales of Provigil, ... [Published Globes - May 02 2013]

Entities: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Modafinil, Copaxone

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Teva Pharmaceuticals Is A Bitter Pill To Swallow

Home » Blogs » TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) is a Petah Tikva, Israel-based global manufacturer of generic and branded drugs. Its principal branded drugs are Copaxone and ProvigilRelated Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare NewsThe company ... [Published BioPortfolio - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Copaxone, Biotechnology, Jeremy Levin

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"Cognitive enhancers will perhaps allow people to learn more from their environment, to be able to attend to it more," she said. "But it's not going to deliver education in a pill."

One in three finds revision aid pills easy to swallow [Published Times Education Supplement - 7 hours ago]

"The beauty lies in the simplicity to apply auditory stimulation at low intensities-an approach that is both practical and ethical, if compared for example with electrical stimulation-and therefore portrays a straightforward tool for clinical settings to enhance sleep rhythms."

Will Technology Someday Eliminate Your Need for Sleep? [Published Mercola - May 16 2013]

...Sleep Trainer to transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS)--that improve the "efficiency" of sleep, and could allow us to need less of it. "Now a life lived at 150 per cent might be within our grasp. Are we brave enough to choose it?" Gamble asks

Dream Of A Future Where You Don’t Have To Waste Time Sleeping [Published Fast Company - May 10 2013]

Abilify sales grew 3.2% over the previous quarter; Nexium's sales increased 1.2%. Cymbalta, Eli Lilly "s depression and pain agent, moved past Crestor, AstraZeneca's leading statin, even as Cymbalta faces end-of-year patent loss. Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline's cornerstone asthma and COPD inhaler, grabbed the fifth spot."

Tamiflu Leads Q1 Drug Sales Growth [Published Pharmaceutical Technology - May 07 2013]

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One in three finds revision aid pills easy to s... [Published Times Education Supplement - 7 hours ago]
Narcolepsy could explain sudden bouts of sleep [Published Burlington Times-News - May 20 2013]
Young People Use Drugs for Dementia to Boost Br... [Published Opposing Views - May 17 2013]
Hidden Causes of Daytime Sleepiness [Published Bottom Line Publications - May 17 2013]
Youngsters use dementia drugs to boost brain po... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]
New Resources to Find Affordable Medications [Published Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) Project - May 16 2013]
New Resources to Find Affordable Medications [Published Postscript - May 16 2013]
Will Technology Someday Eliminate Your Need for... [Published Mercola - May 16 2013]
Genevieve A. Voigt [Published Ozaukee Press - May 16 2013]
Dream Of A Future Where You Don’t Have To Waste... [Published Fast Company - May 10 2013]
Tamiflu Leads Q1 Drug Sales Growth [Published Pharmaceutical Technology - May 07 2013]
A Look at Modafinil and Getting an Entrepreneur... [Published Entrepreneur.com - May 07 2013]
Does Modafinil Work as a Brain Enhancer?... May... [Published Pro Health Network - May 07 2013]
Teva Beats on Earnings, Revenues Zacks [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 06 2013]
Drugs.com Releases Q1 Sales for Top 100 U.S. Dr... [Published WSMV - May 06 2013]
Drugs.com Releases Q1 Sales for Top 100 U.S. Dr... [Published TickerTech.com - May 06 2013]
It’s ‘brain Viagra’ to some but the efficacy an... [Published BRW - May 06 2013]
Revision Myths [Published Leeds Student Online - May 06 2013]
Drug Being Used To Improve Cognition Affects Do... [Published Scientific Blogging - May 04 2013]
Use of Alertness Drug Modafinil Takes Off, Spu... [Published FDA News - May 04 2013]
The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]
Teva Pharmaceutical first quarter profits fall 27% [Published Pharmaceutical Technology - May 03 2013]
Generics hurt Teva sales but Copaxone keeps rising [Published Pharma Times - May 03 2013]
AMD Beta Drive Addressing Frame Pacing In June ... [Published AMD Zone - May 03 2013]
Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spur... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 02 2013]
Teva Pharmaceutical's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Res... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 02 2013]
Teva First Quarter Results Top Estimates [Published RTTNews.com - May 02 2013]
UPDATE: Teva Pharmaceutical's Profit Falls on L... [Published Capital.gr - May 02 2013]
Teva Pharmaceutical 1Q profit sinks 27 percent [Published INO.com - May 02 2013]
Provigil slump drags down Teva profit, revenue [Published Globes - May 02 2013]

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New Resources to Find Affordable Medications [Published Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) Project - May 16 2013] As patients and consumers, we face more and more choices about our health care each year. We all support consumer empowerment in decisions about their care, but consumers don’t always have all the information they need to choose between different prescription ...
New Resources to Find Affordable Medications [Published Postscript - May 16 2013] As patients and consumers, we face more and more choices about our health care each year. We all support consumer empowerment in decisions about their care, but consumers don’t always have all the information they need to choose between different prescription ...
Drug Being Used To Improve Cognition Affects Do... [Published Scientific Blogging - May 04 2013] Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse and dependence, according ...
Four short links: 11 April 2013 [Published O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and researc ... - Apr 11 2013] A General Technique for Automating NES Games — software that learns how to play NES games and plays them automatically, using an aesthetically pleasing technique. With video , research paper , and code . rietveld — open source tool like Mondrian, ...
The End of Sleep? [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 11 2013] Jessa Gamble in Aeon: Human sleep comprises several 90-minute cycles of brain activity. In a person who is awake, electroencephalogram (EEG) readings are very complex, but as sleep sets in, the brain waves get slower, descending through Stage ...