Smart pills

If you have adult ADHD and stimulants have not worked well for you, there is a good chance modafinil has come up in a search or a conversation with a friend. It is a wakefulness-promoting medication, and some doctors prescribe it off-label to help with focus. But the evidence behind...

Most people first hear about modafinil as something shift workers or people with narcolepsy take to stay awake. What surprises many is that researchers have spent decades studying whether it does something more: sharpen thinking, improve memory, and support executive function. The evidence is interesting, uneven in places, and worth...

Modalert vs Modvigil: If you've been researching wakefulness-promoting medications for a sleep disorder such as narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, or shift work sleep disorder, you've probably come across two names more than any others: Modalert and Modvigil. Both are generic forms of modafinil the same active compound yet patients and...