Provigal | Provigil Cost

tony — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:57:33 +0000

Provigil, popularly known as Provigal, is a central nervous system stimulant. Provigal is modafinil 100mg or 200mg tablets. The recommended dosage is 200mg taken once a day. It is used to reduce the excessive sleepiness seen in patients suffering from narcolepsy, sleep apnea and shift work sleep disorder (swsd). These are the FDA-recommended uses for Provigal. However Provigal is used extensively for off-label purposes to keep awake for longer hours, for better concentration, and for better memory by students, Wall Street executives and Silicon Valley executives alike. Similarly celebreties in an effort to live it up and maximise the use of their waking hours have been known to go on Provigal. Even the army has been known to send its helicopter pilots on long missions, dosed with Provigal to keep awake.

It can be seen thus that this is a very popular drug to keep awake. Sales of the original product Provigil has been estimated to reach USD 1 billion a year, a prize so attractive to Cephalon Inc., the manufacturers of the original product Provigil, that they have been charged with acting illegally to prevent competition due to sales of generic Provigal or modafinil. This they are alleged to have done by offering up to USD200 million to 4 firms to refrain from selling generic versions till the year 2012.

Provigil cost is quoted variously at USD720 per 100tab of the 100mg and about USD1075 for the 200mg (100tab).

Generic Provigal (Modalert) has been advertised online at about USD72 per 100 tabs for the 100mg tablets and about USD112 per 100 tabs for the 200mg tablets.

As you can see, the price difference is amazing.

PROVIGAL » provigil cost

Provigal | Provigil Cost