Thursday, November 26, 2009

HealthDay

Narcolepsy Drug Might Be Addictive

Finding comes as use of stimulant for enhanced mental function is on the increase

Posted March 17, 2009

Reader Comments

provigil

Ipersonally have used this drug for fatigue and arthritis. It has helped my fatigue and is the only drug where I was able to loose weight. This drug gave me no addictive high and I was glad when I stopped it because it made me very jittery. Jwc MD

Narcolepsy Drug, Provigil....

Good Morning

NOTHING seems to surprise me when disgussing ANY element to all background INFORMATION in regard to the field of Medicine. As I've done my own personal research into my own ACQUIRED IATROGENIC DISORDER/DISEASE, "Central Pontine Myelinolysis, or CPM for short which was diagnosed about 18 months late and after it's true acquisition.

I remember one of those responsible stating how BLESSED I am to still be ALIVE. Of course it's taken a few years to work that statement out especially now that he as well as most other physicians want no part of my care. (hmmm.. I wonder why?)

Even my pharmacist had wide open eyes as she read the script. This is truly a bit interesting as I'm still trying to figure out what the true benefit to Provigil is now that I'm demyelinated to a point and I must take over as my own lead specialist in regard to CPM and all it's symptoms as well as the add on diseases.

If I can stay alive long enough, there will be several wake up calls going out stictly in purpose to STOP HARMING all the others in this world. Oh well, one day I will connect with someone that truly knows I'm on the correct tract. I guess I am a blessed individual as I have all to gain. G-d Bless...

Franky (Boston Terrier Neuro Service Companion) and WhataBreeze (That would be me)

I'm certain it must be in the cards for me to bring out my first book in FULL Regard to this matter!!! I owe it to my dear friend, Dr. Hugo W. Moser (LORENZO'S OIL) who recently passed in January of 2007. We were and are a GREAT TEAM.

modafinil

This report alleging addictive properties to Modafinil is horse hockey.The issue has been raised and resolved already. The amount of Modafinil needed to produce a stimulant effect is far beyond what is needed to produce a satisfactory therapeutic benefit. Increasing the dosage beyond this threshold range produces overt deleterious effects. So people don't do this. The clinical experience and reported adverse effects confirm this.

This is a bad-faith study. It was designed to express a pejorative contention to conventional use of Modafinil by extrapolation from an extreme application. You can give pretty well anything in a toxic amount (LD50 down to common adverse effects) if you try hard enough.

This study proves nothing. We already knew all of this. Go to HedWeb and get informed.

Check out the connections of the study authors and who paid for this crap. Follow the money trail.

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