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To investigate the effects of a wake-promoting drug, Provigil on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in healthy volunteers, we performed (99m)Tc-ethylcysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) before and after Provigil or placebo administration. Twentyone healthy subjects received single doses of 400 mg Provigil or placebo in a double blind randomized crossover study design.

Administrations of Provigil or placebo in a subject were separated by a 2-week washout. Brain SPECT was performed twice before and 3 h after Provigil or placebo administration. For statistical parametric mapping analysis, all SPECT images were spatially normalized to the standard SPECT template and then smoothed using a 12-mm full width at half-maximum Gaussian kernel.

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Provigil (modafinil) is prescribed for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), and daytime sleepiness associated with sleep apnea.

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Nuvigil is chemically similar to Provigil, but Cephalon says its effects are longer-lasting than Provigil. The drugs weren’t tested head-to-head in clinical efficacy trials, but Cephalon says the drugs were compared in terms of concentrations in plasma.

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Sleep loss will result in performance deficits, including increased variability in performance, slowed physical and mental reaction time, increased errors, decreased vigilance, impaired memory, and reduced motivation and laxity. There is no consensus on the extent of impairment resulting from a given amount of sleep loss.

Depending on the performance task measured, after 17-19 h of sustained wakefulness, decrements in task performance are equivalent to, or worse than, those seen at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05%,(40) and about 20-25 h of wakefulness will result in performance decrements equivalent to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10% on some tasks. Generally, complex performance tasks seem to be more sensitive to the effects of sleep loss than simpler tasks.

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Provigil has been thought to produce its wake-promoting effects independent of dopaminergic actions, Dr. Volkow said. Although the Physician’s Desk Reference does suggest there are some dopaminergic effects, including psychoactive and euphoric effects, she noted, “this was dismissed on the fact that the affinity of Provigil Generic for the dopamine transporter was very low.”

However, a series of animal studies, particularly in knockout mice, have suggested that the dopaminergic system might after all be crucial to the alerting properties of Provigil Generic. For example, knockout mice for the dopamine transporter do not respond to Provigil Generic, she noted.

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