Use of Modafinil in Psychiatric Disorders [PDF]
Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2016 Modafinil, is a psychostimulant drug with neurochemical and behavourial effects, distinct from those of amphetamine. It is used to treat patients with narcolepsy and other excessive sleepiness.
Mehmet Hanifi Kokacya +3 more
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Modafinil-induced Fixed Drug Eruption
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012 Modafinil is a stimulant drug widely used to promote wakefulness in a variety of psychiatric and neurological conditions. Modafinil-induced severe dermatologic reactions are uncommon but serious side effects.
Girish Vasant Gaikwad +1 more
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Modafinil as a catecholaminergic agent: empirical evidence and unanswered questions [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2013 Modafinil, in its two clinical formulations (Provigil® and Nuvigil®), is a widely prescribed wake-promoting therapeutic agent. It binds competitively to the cell membrane dopamine transporter and is dependent on catecholaminergic (dopaminergic ...
Jonathan P Wisor
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Modafinil Induced Psychosis in a Patient with Bipolar 1 Depression
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2018 Modafinil has been used as an adjunctive medication in the treatment of bipolar 1 depression with reported success. Case reports have been published demonstrating modafinil induced mania in bipolar patients and modafinil induced psychosis in ...
Alexander A. DiSciullo +2 more
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Participation of Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors in the Rapid-Onset Behavioral Sensitization to Modafinil [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Studies on the abuse potential of modafinil, a psychostimulant-like drug used to treat narcolepsy, are still controversial. While some studies claim no potential for abuse, increasing evidence suggests that modafinil induces abuse-related effects ...
Raphael Wuo-Silva +12 more
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MODAFINIL INDUCES RAPID-ONSET BEHAVIORAL SENSITIZATION AND CROSS-SENSTIZATION WITH COCAINE IN MICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ADDICTIVE POTENTIAL OF MODAFINIL [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016 There is substantial controversy about the addictive potential of modafinil, a wake-promoting drug used to treat narcolepsy, proposed as pharmacotherapy for cocaine abuse, and used indiscriminately by healthy individuals due to its positive effects on ...
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Gender Representations in Online Modafinil Markets [PDF]
, 2023 This chapter examines representations of gender in online modafinil markets. While gender has often been absent from scholarship on online drug markets, our analysis demonstrates the ubiquity of gender in representations of modafinil users and sellers ...
Chatwin, Caroline, Fleetwood, Jennifer
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Being Limitless: A Discursive Analysis of Online Accounts of Modafinil Use [PDF]
, 2020 Modafinil is a prescription-only substance in the UK for the treatment of disorders such as narcolepsy. Soldiers have also used this substance as an alternative to amphetamines in situations where they face long periods of sleep deprivation.
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Investigations Into the Metabolism and Elimination of Flmodafinil and Fladrafinil for Sports Drug Testing Purposes. [PDF]
Drug Test AnalThis article investigates the metabolism and elimination of flmodafinil and fladrafinil, two fluorinated analogs of modafinil and adrafinil listed as S6 stimulants by the World Anti‐Doping Agency. After single‐dose administration to six volunteers, the compounds and their main metabolites were studied in urine and blood.
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Effects of modafinil on electroencephalographic microstates in healthy adults [PDF]
, 2022 RATIONALE: Modafinil has been proposed as a potentially effective clinical treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive control deficits.
Der-Avakian, Andre +31 more
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