Salon.com > Modafinil http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A drug can make sleep optional http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/a_drug_can_make_sleep_optional/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/a_drug_can_make_sleep_optional/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13181010 The past week has seen a flurry of attention around the latest purported wonder drug, Modafinil, which claims to make sleeping basically optional, with no ill effects. Just pop one, and two hours of sleep is plenty—with no headaches, “sleep debt,” hangover feeling, withdrawal, post-dopamine crash (as with that other common sleep-avoidance drug, speed) and little addiction risk.

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