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Best medications for narcolepsy (all time)

A ranking of pharmaceutical drugs for narcolepsy – a chronic neurological disorder involving the loss of the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally. People with narcolepsy experience frequent excessive daytime sleepiness.

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Modafinil
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Modafinil

(1994)
Modafinil (brand names Modiodal, Provigil, Modavigil, Vigil, Alertec, and other) is a wakefulness-promoting agent (or eugeroic) used for treatment of wakefulness disorders such as narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and excessi...
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Methylphenidate
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Methylphenidate

(1955)
Methylphenidate (brand names Ritalin, Concerta, Methylin, Medikinet, Equasym XL, Quillivant XR, Metadate, and other) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the phenethylamine and piperidine classes that is used in the trea...
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Armodafinil
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Armodafinil

(2007)
Armodafinil (brand names Nuvigil, Acronite, R-Modawake, Artvigil, Waklert) is the enantiopure of the wakefulness-promoting agent, or eugeroic, modafinil (Provigil). It consists of just the (−)-(R)-enantiomer of the racemic modafin...
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Adderall
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Adderall

(1996)
Adderall is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class prescribed in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. Adderall can also be used as an athletic performance and cognitive enhan...
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