Now that’s research.
Whlie doing some online reading about modafinil’s possible interactions with alcohol (I’d like to know whether I can have a glass of wine every once in a while), I came across the following gem:
One healthy male volunteer developed ideas of reference, paranoid delusions, and auditory hallucinations in association with multiple daily 600 mg doses of Provigil and sleep deprivation. There was no evidence of psychosis 36 hours after drug discontinuation.
These people’s conclusion? “Caution should be exercised when Provigil is given to patients with a history of psychosis.”
One healthy male volunteer. One. Six hundred milligrams when the maximum recommended dose is four hundred, and sleep deprivation to boot. And they’re making pronouncements as to what they think should and shouldn’t be done with the drug? Aiie!
March 27th, 2004 at 1:30 am
I know that “ideas of reference” has a particular medical meaning, but I still can’t help thinking that, in a literal, non-medical sense, it’s be a rather useful side effect for you.
“I accidentally took a double dose today, but suddenly, I have a revolutionary idea about how to use the card catalog!”