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Why Do You Get Sleepy While Working On The Computer?
The sleep medication modafinil helped patients with excessive sleepiness without cardiovascular side effects, according to new research. In a study of 1,529 people with excessive sleepiness associated with shift-work sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and narcolepsy, patients received modafinil or a placebo. Modafinil was well tolerated, with headache, nausea and infection the most common adverse side effects.
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