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Jul 11 / 2021

Experimental treatment with Armodafinil

What is Armodafinil?

Armodafinil is a psycho stimulant of a new generation that can regulate the process of falling asleep and waking of the person, without harm to health that sometimes is so needed for a modern lifestyle. First the substance was designed in the late seventies of the twentieth century by «Lafon Group», the French pharmaceutical company. In December of 1998, the FDA of America allowed the production and release of the drug under the commercial trade name «Nuvigil».

The medication is an agonist of the alpha-1 adrenergic receptors, which enhances the release of dopamine in the central nervous system and enhances the allocation of GABA (that is, gamma-aminobutyric acid). The drug (also known as «Nuvigil» and «Walert») is approved in most of the countries as the medication recommended by the treatment of narcolepsy – uncontrolled attacks of daytime sleepiness caused by somatic (or neurological) disorders.

The medication inhibits the need to fall asleep, increases physical endurance of a person, improves the functions of memory, sharpness of thinking and other processes of mental activity of the human brain. It should be mentioned that the pharmacological profile of the drug has nothing in common with amphetamines, methylphenidate and cocaine. The uniqueness of the drug is in its ability to act on its own, only if it is necessary, and always with the absence of side effects (such as insomnia, anxiety, agitation and hangover) which are usually clearly expressed when taking other «prescription stimulants».

The medication is not addictive.

It practically does not cause euphoria, does reduce peripheral stimulation of the nervous system and has a small effect on human blood pressure. It can be taken in order to keep clear thinking during quite long period of absence of sleep.  In the period of clinical trials it has been shown and proved that the medication has a quite high level of security.

It is also taken experimentally by the treatment of the list of following diseases:

- Multiple sclerosis which can be caused by fatigue

- Attention deficit disorder

- Post anesthesia intoxication

- Depression

- The age-associated memory impairment

- Idiopathic hypersomnia

- disruption of circadian rhythm

- Alzheimer's Disease

The practice of Armodafinil in the army is very extensive: it is used in many armies of the world, in the Air Force and the regular US army, intelligence services and the rapid reaction units, military intelligence, usually as a drug increasing attention and performance of pilots, investigators and soldiers of combat troops. Previously there was used the drug of amphetamine group called «Dexedrine». It had considerable side effects: a sense of powerlessness, anger, and nervousness.

Trained soldiers say that unlike Dexedrine, Generic Armodafinil allows to hold on during forty hours without falling asleep, while keeping ability to work as effectively as it is even possible and to make clear decisions. The drug has been successfully tested at the time of the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.   Nowadays you can buy Armodafinil at any drugstore of the US, which is situated close to your house.

It is also quite convenient to order Armodafinil online via Internet: you do not need to worry about anything and rely on the specialists in this sphere that can deliver your order right to your front door. Except for treating narcolepsy, the drug is widely used off-label for people’s own purposes: for being able to make good decisions at work and control the situation, to make good progress at competitions (for athletes), for working shifts or for flying to different time zones (jet lags).