Study: 'Smart drug' Provigil may be habit-forming (AP)

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Study: 'Smart drug' Provigil may be habit-forming
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<p>You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginAP - A 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.</p><br clear="all"/>


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