What is Modafinil? Modafinil is a drug formulated to treat narcolepsy along with shift-work disorder and a range of other sleep disorders. It works by changing the activity in your brain to create a state of wakefulness. The table below illustrates the benefits seen in two clinical trials of Modafinil. The study took place over 9 weeks in multiple centers with subjects who met the ICD-9 criteria for narcolepsy. Modafinil is marketed under a range of brand names including Provigil and Modalert
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Activities of living are to do with things‚ as humans‚ we do every day to survive. In Roper‚ Logan and Tierney there are twelve model activities that are essential to living and these are maintaining a safe environment‚ communicating‚ breathing‚ eating and drinking‚ eliminating‚ personal cleansing and dressing‚ controlling body temperature‚ mobilising‚ working and playing‚ expressing sexuality‚ sleeping and the last one dying (Holland et al‚ 2012 p. 2). This essay is going to be concentrating sleep
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Methamphetamine Abuse The report of Methamphetamine is an artificial painkiller with more rapid long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk
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combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Amphetamine and dextroamphetamine are central nervous system stimulants that affect chemicals in the brain and nerves that contribute to hyperactivity and impulse control. Adderall is used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD. But not only does this drug treat these diseases‚ it is mistreated and also used as a drug to get you high. Adderall‚ just like any other drug such as meth or weed‚ can get you high if you take a higher dosage than you are prescribed
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are defined as a perception of and external object when no object is really present. There are many reasons why people have hallucinations. Some reasons for hallucinations are prescribed drugs (SSRI)‚ illegal drugs (LSD)‚ and sleeping disorders (Narcolepsy). Some causes of hallucinations are from taking drugs‚ both prescribed and illegal. Both produce the same effect. The hallucinations from these have been described as déjà vu or hearing or seeing thing that aren’t really there. Prescribed
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pattern. This causes a disruption in the way an individual typically sleeps‚ which can lead to other complications such as irritability and dysfunction during the day. Four common sleep disorders are insomnia‚ sleep apnea‚ restless legs syndrome‚ and narcolepsy. Nearly 70 million Americans suffer from these and many other sleep disorders every year. Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which the affected individual has difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. People affected by insomnia may suffer from
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slow thinking‚ and slow speech‚ loss of appetite‚ hallucinations‚ and memory difficulty. Some patients lose the ability to function in family‚ social‚ occupational‚ or other settings. Hypersomnia may be caused by another sleep disorder (such as narcolepsy or sleep apnea)‚ dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system‚ or drug or alcohol abuse. In some cases it results from a physical problem‚ such as a tumor‚ head trauma‚ or injury to the central nervous system. Certain medications‚ or medicine withdrawal
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speech‚ and trouble remembering. Medline Plus states‚ “Idiopathic hypersomnia is usually treated with stimulant medications such as amphetamine‚ methylphenidate‚ and modafinil. These drugs may not work as well for this condition as they do for narcolepsy.” Narcolepsy is not to be confused with Idiopathic Hypersomnia‚ in that it is a much more difficult disease that involves instantly falling asleep or losing muscle control because of strong emotions . If someone has trouble sleeping or excessive drowsiness
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popular drugs that are reported to be at the forefront of this trend: Ritalin‚ which is used to control hyperactivity in children and Modafinil‚ which is used to treat narcolepsy. It is important to remember that these drugs should only be dispensed with a prescription and for a specified condition (i.e. hyperactivity‚ narcolepsy). However‚ this too is changing. Probably at the heart and heat of this debate are the ethical landmines (Lamb 2004)‚ which we need to pay attention to: 1. By allowing
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