FOXNews.com - Popular 'Smart Drug' Prescription May Carry Addiction Risk - Children's Health »
Posted By socialcontentmixer 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyA so-called "smart drug" popular with young people may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests. Scans of 10 healthy men showed that the prescription drug Provigil caused changes in the brain's pleasure center, very much like potentially habit-forming classic stimulants. Modafinil, the drug's generic name, is sometimes used as an illegal study aid by college students.
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