How effective is Nuvigil for Excessive Sleepiness (Sleep disorder)? (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Overall ratings: 3.2/5 Long term ratings: 3.5/5
This is a phase IV clinical study of how effective Nuvigil (armodafinil) is for Excessive sleepiness and for what kind of people. The study is created by eHealthMe from 44 Nuvigil users and is updated continuously.
What is Nuvigil?
Nuvigil has active ingredients of armodafinil. It is often used in narcolepsy. eHealthMe is studying from 23,667 Nuvigil users. Check the latest studies of Nuvigil.
What is Excessive sleepiness?
Excessive sleepiness is found to be associated with 3,160 drugs and 2,965 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Excessive sleepiness.
44 people are studied for taking Nuvigil in Excessive sleepiness
Overall effectiveness (number of people):

Long term (1+ years) effectiveness (number of people):

Nuvigil effectiveness for Excessive sleepiness (number of people):
Overall:
- not at all: 1
- somewhat: 12
- moderate: 11
- high: 16
- very high: 4
Long Term:
- not at all: 0
- somewhat: 3
- moderate: 4
- high: 5
- very high: 3
Gender of people who take Nuvigil for Excessive sleepiness *:
- female: 70.45 %
- male: 29.55 %
Age of people who take Nuvigil for Excessive sleepiness *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 2.27 %
- 20-29: 13.64 %
- 30-39: 31.82 %
- 40-49: 27.27 %
- 50-59: 20.45 %
- 60+: 4.55 %
Who find Nuvigil more effective for Excessive Sleepiness?
Gender of people who take Nuvigil for Excessive sleepiness *:
- female: 75 %
- male: 25 %
Age of people who take Nuvigil for Excessive sleepiness *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 10 %
- 30-39: 35 %
- 40-49: 20 %
- 50-59: 35 %
- 60+: 0.0 %
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Nuvigil?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Nuvigil safety and effectiveness.How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of:
- Nuvigil (23,667 reports)
Treatments, associated drugs and conditions:
- Excessive sleepiness (167,326 reports)
How the study uses the data?
The study is based on armodafinil (the active ingredients of Nuvigil) and Nuvigil (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study neither.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION
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