Nuvigil: Coming to Pharmacies Near you Q3 2009

Cephalon Announces Positive Results From a Phase Two Study of NUVIGIL in Bipolar Depression Tools Posted March 17, 2009 Cephalon Announces Positive Results From a Phase Two [...]

• Caroline says: Don't be fooled by the fact that this study is with patients with bipolar disorder. If Nuvigil (armodafinil; Cephalon) looks familiar to you, it should. It's Cephalon's latest version of Provigil (perfectly timed to be launched just about the time Provigil goes off patent...) Nuvigil is the "longer lasting isomer of modafinil"...which basically means that if you get jittery or anxious on Provigil, this will give you more subtle, balanced jitters and anxiety. It will just give you less of an up-and-down effect.
   

• Provigil More Addictive than Previously Thought? Jury’s Still Out…

  Cephalon’s Provigil could carry risk of addiction, according to study data by Mark Todoruk Study data measuring the effects of Cephalon’s sleep disorder drug Provigil (modafinil) on [...]

  • Caroline says: I'm not sure about this post. As someone who experiences profound MS fatigue on a regular basis, I completely embrace the opinion that if you have to deal with MS and something can help alleviate your symptoms and make it possible for you to get through the day and not be in a catatonic state and even help you to be a productive member of society, than you should by all means try it. I took Provigil (modafinil; Cephalon) for several years with great results and then it just stopped working. I had zero issue with addiction; I stopped taking it because it stopped working. Drug tolerance is different than drug addiction, and this study was done on 10 healthy adult men.