Smart drug Provigil may be addictive
Smart drug Provigil may be addictive
The so-called “smart drug” Provigil, which is popular with young people, may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests.
Scans of 10 healthy men showed that the prescription drug Provigil caused changes in the brain’s pleasure center, very much like potentially habit-forming classic stimulants. Modafinil, the drug’s generic name, is sometimes used as an illegal study aid by students. The study is in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
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