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A wakefulness-promoting agent with a greater ability toremain awake and a decreased propensity to fall asleep.

Exhibits robust effects on catecholamines, serotonin, glutamate, gammaamino-butyric acid, orexin, and histamine systems in the brain.

Improves opioid-induced sedation, cancer-related fatigue and depression.

Better tolerated with a lower abuse potential.

Indicated in :

- Excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructivesleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and shift work sleep disorder.

- Daytime sleepiness due to overwork, stress-related insomnia

- Antipsychotic-associated sedation in schizophrenia patients

Dosage and administration :

The recommended dosage of modafinil is200 mg a day, administered as a single dosein the morning. A dosage of 400 mg once aday has been well tolerated, but there is noconsistent evidence that this dosage providesgreater benefits than the 200 mg dosage.