Modafinil

1 Drug classified under this active ingredient

Psychostimulant. Modafinil 100 mg.
CAPLET.: 10, 30, 60, 90. init. reccomen.  dly. dose is 200 mg. The total dly. dose may be taken as a single dose in the morn. or as two doses, one in the morn. and one at noon. Doses of up to 400mg in one or two divid. doses can be used in pts. with insufficient response to the initial 200mg modafinil dose. See Lit.
Improves wakefulness in pts. with excessive sleepiness assoc. with narcolepsy (with or without cataplexy), obstruct. sleep apnea/hypopnea syndr. (OSAHS) and shift work sleep disord. (SWDS).
C/I: Hypersens. Uncontrol., moder.  to sev.  hypertens. and in pts. with card. arrhythm.