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Provigil-C
A special drug that promotes wakefulness in troops. (Read the full article)
| "Isaac Asimov's novelization of FANTASTIC VOYAGE mentioned a sleep-surrogate drug which would "knock you out for a half-hour of solid dreaming." It was also described as a "vacuum cleaner for the mind."
Modafinil is known to not have an effect on people with ADHD, so many science fiction fans won't be able to make use of it." (David K. M. Klaus 5/7/2013 5:09:18 PM ) |
| "Thanks for the note; if I can, I'll add the reference." (Bill Christensen 5/11/2013 10:48:19 PM ) |
| "Got it! Took me a while to find the text; see the reference for Morphogen from Asimov's Fantastic Voyage novel." (Bill Christensen 5/14/2013 8:19:58 PM ) |
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