A Pandora’s box full of smart drugs

We should think very carefully before we start routinely taking drugs such as Modafinil to boost cognitive function.
Here’s a thoroughly modern ethical dilemma to chew over. You go for a job interview but are pipped to the post by another person who seems wholly underwhelming and is less well qualified. The feedback is that she [...]

Studying off the label

To boost their focus in the classroom, some students are turning to drugs without a prescription. Others question the fairness of the practice.
Mark often faced the decision of studying to earn an A or going out to party with his friends.
In the end, Mark, a recent College of Liberal Arts graduate, who asked that his [...]

Illegal ’smart drugs’ bought online by teenagers before exams could have catastrophic effect on their health

Even as it comes to light President Obama may use Cephalon’s jet-lag wonder drug Nuvugil, here in the UK the Conservative press continue with their ‘all drugs are bad’ diatribe.
Josh has an exam and, like most of the other boys at his prestigious public school, he’s keen to put his best foot forward. He’s eaten [...]

How will Cephalon shift patients to Nuvigil?

The pharmaceutical industry is no stranger to dirty tricks and shady dealings in a bid to keep its customers coming back time and again. Although they would prefer to call it “just doing business”.
Indeed shifting patients from a soon-to-go-off-patent blockbuster, to its tweaked successor is old hat in the pharma biz.
Ever since drugmakers figured out [...]