Doseloop Beta

Armodafinil

medication Under review

A wakefulness-promoting agent used to treat excessive sleepiness associated with certain sleep disorders.

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The healthiest-human evidence base for armodafinil is strongest for wakefulness, sustained attention, and vigilance, especially in sleep-deprived settings. Multiple randomized studies in healthy volunteers found improved wakefulness and reduced reaction-time lapses versus placebo, and pharmacokinetic work shows a long half-life with sustained daytime exposure after morning dosing. Adverse effects in healthy subjects are usually mild to moderate and include headache, nausea, dizziness, abdominal discomfort, insomnia, and occasional increases in blood pressure or palpitations. Overall, the evidence supports a real but targeted benefit for alertness and vigilance, not broad cognitive enhancement across all domains.

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Research (5 studies)

RCT

Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Armodafinil in Chinese Healthy Humans After Multiple-Dose Oral Administration.

Clinical and Translational Science • 2025

Zhang Y, et al.

Systematic Review

Armodafinil in the treatment of excessive sleepiness

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment • 2013

Harsh JR, Hayduk R, et al.

RCT

Pharmacokinetic profile of armodafinil in healthy subjects: pooled analysis of data from three randomized studies.

Clinical Pharmacokinetics • 2009 • n=119

Darwish M, Kirby M, Hellriegel ET, Robertson P Jr, et al.

Systematic Review

Focus on Armodafinil

Clinical Medicine: Therapeutics • 2009

Russo M

RCT

Pharmacodynamic effects on alertness of single doses of armodafinil in healthy subjects during a nocturnal period of acute sleep loss.

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine • 2006 • n=107

Rosenberg RP, Bogan RK, et al.

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