Sunday, October 20, 2002

Maybe this is what I need......
The New York Times has an article of Provigil, the non-amphetamine drug that can allow one to function without sleep indefinitely.............Provigil, which is short for "promotes vigilance," was approved late in 1998 for treatment of sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, a condition in which people fall asleep uncontrollably. But use of the drug is expanding rapidly, with more than 80 percent of the prescriptions written to treat the fatigue and sleepiness associated with many other diseases, like depression and multiple sclerosis, or even just sleepiness caused by no disease at all.

If the trial is successful, the company will ask the Food and Drug Administration to expand the approved uses of Provigil from just narcolepsy to excessive sleepiness associated with any medical condition. That would allow the company's sales force to begin calling on general practitioners rather than just sleep specialists, neurologists and psychiatrists, potentially expanding sales to the billion-dollar range...............

"There are no warts on this drug," Dr. Baldino, 49, who has a doctorate in pharmacology, said with characteristic bluntness at his office in this suburb of Philadelphia. "The only question is how big we can make it."


This is a bit worrisome. There will be warts on this drug. It just remains to be seen.
If I didn’t think there would be ‘warts,’ I’d be tempted to call my doctor first thing in the morning. If my sleep is so crummy, why don’t I just give it up altogether? Then I could be really efficient...........until I would be carried away by the men in the white coats.

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