Posted by SLS on February 25, 2006, at 13:38:51
In reply to provigil discussion, posted by tessellated on February 25, 2006, at 12:33:28
> He said provigil blocked presynaptic norephinephrine (NE) autoreceptors.
I respectfully submit that your doctor's information is at least 5 years out of date. The other possibility, of course, is that mine is no longer current.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/modafinil_cp.htm
Modafinil does not appear to be a ligand for any NE receptor. The original work suggesting NE receptor binding by modafinil was spurious.
- Scott
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