Modafinil enhances cognition and is deemed safe by health experts

Link to journal article: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.europeanneuropsychopharmacology.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;S0924-977X(15)00249-7&#x2F;abstract?cc=y=" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.europeanneuropsychopharmacology.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;S0924...</a><p>&quot;What’s lacking is long-term data—important because study of other promising enhancers has shown that the effect may not last over time.&quot;<p>This article fails to link to answer any of my key questions: What definition of cognition? How does it compare against caffeine in these same tests?

Slightly off-topic.<p>The journal article is tagged with &quot;nootropic&quot;. Modafinil is not a nootropic, but a smart drug. There is a subtle but important difference between the two. Both types of drugs enhance your cognitive performance, but a nootropic <i>must be</i> neuroprotective. Piracetam, the first nootropic synthesized in 1964 is used nowadays to treat cognitive decline [1]<p>I am not saying that modafinil will fry your brain, but definitively it is not designed to protect it.<p>In my personal experience, Modafinil works pretty well in <i>low</i> doses. 25mg-50mg every 2-3 days lifts my mood and increase my work output significantly. The recommended dosage (200mg) is a crash and burn for me.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;16007238" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;16007238</a>

I&#x27;d hesitate to call anything that has a chance of giving me Stevens–Johnson syndrome &quot;safe&quot;.<p>This reminds me of those commercials for medications that will help you with a runny nose, but have possible side effects of kidney, liver, and respiratory failure, depression, and death.<p>A big fat &quot;no thanks!&quot; from me.