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Article: Company launches stimulant Lucidex (enteric coated caffeine).(Brief Article)
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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2003 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Xanodyne Pharmacal, Inc., announced that it has launched nationwide the nonprescription stimulant product Lucidex (enteric coated caffeine, 100 mg).
The product was invented by a pain-management specialist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center based on his experience treating cancer patients. Excessive fatigue and drowsiness can be a debilitating consequence of chronic illness (e.g., cancer, MS, fibromyalgia) or a distressing side effect of treatment (such as treatment with morphine, ...