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Drug Allows 40+ Hours of Wakefulness

realtechnews.com — There's a new drug that will allow you to remain awake for almost two days with full mental capacity and little side effects--other than you'll need to catch up on a little sleep after wards. Great for pulling all-nighters, or if you want to watch all three extended versions of LOTR in a single sitting!

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  • ChickenCow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Crack can do that too.
  • billizm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Responce to title: What is meth, Alex?
  • Kindred420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0kids will be snorting this in no time
  • sjrberg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I actually take Provigil, it's great in general for concentration and alertness. And yes if you load up you can stay awake for a looong time.
    Apparently it was originally developed by the US military to keep people alert on long late night missions.
  • tigerbot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, it's called methamphetamine. It's kind of a growing epidemic.
  • HesNikke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i'm coming up on 30 hours now... with no extra substances (aside from some alcohol at one point) and i haven't DONE anything useful... well aside from web hacking!
  • Massif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This might be useful for soldiers, but as for studying, what's the point? You can only absorb a certain amount of information in one waking period. It needs time to sink in.
  • WolvenSpectre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Acctually that is the thing BLASTOCYST, it does replace sleep. It was developed to help insomniacs after early versions showed to have a strange loss of sleep without major side effects. It allowed insomniacs and similarly affected people to not miss out when lack of sleep was unpreventable.

    Of course then people started to wonder what if the "normals" start taking it. They found that (surprise) the effect counteracted leathergy and need for sleep. God did the Military community jump all over that.

    It had its first trial run with the British in the Falklands War. So to say this is news is to call Y2K a future event!
  • lokai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"This might be useful for soldiers, but as for studying, what's the point? You can only absorb a certain amount of information in one waking period. It needs time to sink in."

    Precisely. Without a full night's sleep cycle, anything a person studied throughout the day will most likely not be retained. The human brain needs sleep to function properly.
  • Dren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is "wakefulness" a word? Just drink Bawls. ;-)
  • deviationer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so when will it be OTC?
  • NBMedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Increased chance of pregnancy for those women using birth control pills and other methods.
    Nice little bundle of a side effect. Yow!!

    from FAQ
    Q: Can I take my birth control pills while I'm taking PROVIGIL?

    A: PROVIGIL can affect hormonal birth control methods (contraceptives). Women who use hormonal contraceptives such as birth control pills, shots, implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), or patches may have a higher chance of getting pregnant while taking PROVIGIL and for one month after stopping PROVIGIL. Talk to your doctor about birth control methods that are right for you while using PROVIGIL.
  • Gatorade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How safe is this stuff? Approved by the FDA? Any side effects?
  • GTAcrimelord, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My only question is, how much "sleep" do you need once the pills wear off?
  • EPeters, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In recent times there have been several "killer apps" for the drug industry –

    Who on digg bitches about the misuse of "killer app"?
    I completely agree; this phrase needs to DIE.
  • Z3r02007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sweet. Now I can actually FINISH my games. Diggity-ity-ity-digg-a-ty!
  • PacoBell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great, am I going to start seeing modafinil spam in my mailbox now? *sigh*
  • loker269, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow this stuff has been out forever washington post did a review on it sometime LAST year
  • karel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What happens when it wears off? That must be one killer crash. I worry about prolonged usage. No matter what they say its just plain unhealthy to not sleep for that long of a time. The only real application for this drug I would approve would be by soldiers in the field. Students cramming for a test is not.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is what Adderall is for. Anyways, what I worry about with this drug is say that once you take it, what happens if you actually DO want to go to sleep before 40 hours.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This thing looks kinda sketchy, ima just stick to crack.
  • BLASTOCYST, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Remember that drugs cannot replace sleep.
  • tommy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0seems VERY unhealthy, but hell, if it means killing people who are stupid, i'm pro whatever the hell the drug is called!

    (still pro "ice")
  • DarthDemo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just the thing needed by MMORPG'ers and long-distance truckers.

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