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 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 ...
Raphael Wuo-Silva +17 more
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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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Modafinil as a catecholaminergic agent: empirical evidence and unanswered questions
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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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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Lessons Learned From a Delayed-Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease. [PDF]
Ann Clin Transl NeurolABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Virmani T +8 more
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An adolescent hospitalised after polysubstance abuse: A case report. [PDF]
Gen PsychiatrGeneral Psychiatry, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2026.
Zhang H, Yi J, Yu X.
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Modafinil Reduces Neuronal Pyroptosis and Cognitive Decline After Sleep Deprivation
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Sleep deprivation (SD) induces systemic inflammation that promotes neuronal pyroptosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an antioxidant modafinil on neuronal pyroptosis and cognitive decline following SD.
Xiangyang Xiong +16 more
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2018 Treatment with dopaminergic agents result excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and some studies have shown the benefit of using modafinil for treating excessive daytime sleepiness of Parkinson's disease (PD) patient.
Rina Ando +9 more
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Modafinil Improves Catalepsy in a Rat 6-Hydroxydopamine Model of Parkinson’s Disease; Possible Involvement of Dopaminergic Neurotransmission [PDF]
Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2017 Purpose: Modafinil is a vigilance-enhancing drug licensed for narcolepsy. The use of modafinil leads to various neuromodulatory effects with very low abuse potential. A body of evidence suggested that modafinil may have anti-parkinsonian effects.
Reza Vajdi-Hokmabad +4 more
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