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Article: Pill provides best of caffeine without addiction, side effects
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2003
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION
Caffeine is so passe, so 20th century. In today's go-go, 24/7 culture, those searching for the ultimate legal pharmacological pick-me-up have abandoned the coffee bean. Too addictive, too many side effects.
How about, as an alternative, a pill that could keep you awake for 40 hours? Without side effects. Without addiction.
Such a pill exists. It's called Provigil, but it's a new medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration only for narcolepsy patients.
Provigil's maker, Cephalon, of West Chester, Pa., is trying to win FDA approval for people afflicted with sleepiness due to any medical condition.
"Already, it's ...