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Below are Nuvigil (Armodafinil) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Nuvigil has an overall score of 8.67. The effectiveness score is 10 and the side effect score is 8. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Nuvigil review by 34 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Shift work sleep disorder |
| Dosage & duration: | | 250mg taken daily for the period of 3mo |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | Minocycline, clindamycin cream, benzoyl peroxide. | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Extremely effective for staying awake. No jitters, just plain awake. Puts you in a great mood too, but definitely not high. |
| Side effects: | | ACNE. Horrible acne that starts deep in the skin and comes in clusters. I never had acne before this. I stopped this drug a few times, and the acne cleared up immediately. I have to find something to clear this up, or I will have to stop taking it for good. I started acne drugs listed above with no effect. This is terrible, Nuvigil works so good, but my skin looks dreadful. Clusters of gross looking acne, each is a big bump of different sizes. |
| Comments: | | Works great, but acne is terrible |
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| | Nuvigil review by 50 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | originally sleep apnea |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150mg taken 1 a day for the period of a year and still taking it |
| Other conditions: | | at the begining , secondary polycythemia |
| Other drugs taken: | | linsinapril (for blood pressure) and 80mg baby asprin, and celebrex for joints, and teststostirone s | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Benefits were I was able to stay awake during the day. And now that I have esophageal cancer I strongly believe Nuvigil is a big help with the side effects of chemoradiation treatments. |
| Side effects: | | I haven't seen any side effects yet. |
| Comments: | | I have since been dianosed with esophageal cancer, I am in a 5 week treatment regimine with chemo and radiation and then i'll be going through surgery. I asked and was told it would be ok to keep taking the Nuvigil during all this and I am really happy that I am able to keep taking it. I really think it is helping me with some of the side effects from the chemoradiation treatments i have been getting. I'm right in the center of treatments now and I am suppose to have the lowest blood cell count now but I don't think so. I see the doctor today and get my first cbc done since I started. I think the Nuvigil is a big help while going through this and I think the doctors are seeing that too. I've been going to work everyday while getting all my treatments. And I'm sure that would not be happing without the Nuvigil. |
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| | Nuvigil review by 41 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Cocaine dependency |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150 mg. taken once a day for the period of 3 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Very alert and extremely focused. I have a tremendous amount of energy with absolutely no jitters. My memory has improved and my production at the office has skyrocketed. I've been taking it for three months and it works as well as the first day I took it. It may not work for everyone but it works wonders for me. |
| Side effects: | | The only side effect is a dry mouth. |
| Comments: | | 150 mg/day in the morning. |
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