Posted by King Vultan on June 20, 2004, at 11:00:29
In reply to Provigil affects norepinephrine, right?, posted by Dinah on June 20, 2004, at 9:01:47
> That's what my psychiatrist told me and I had no reason to disbelieve him. But while my neurologist hasn't yet directly addressed the point, he has sort of indirectly said it doesn't if I'm understanding him correctly.
This is a weird drug, and I don't believe there is a consensus on exactly how it operates. There was some thought early on that it worked on alpha adrenergic receptors, if I recall correctly, but this is now disputed. It does appear to have some effect on dopamine, as well as effects on the glutamate and GABA systems. I wouldn't be too hard on your doctors if they can't give you a good explanation because I did quite a bit of research into it last year after I had a bizarre reaction to it, and I was only able to achieve a vague comphrehension of what it's doing (maybe).Todd
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