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Some people are less sensitive to caffeine. Maybe you're one of those. Personally I'd like to try it, but it's prescription-only where I live...

by epsylon 13y ago

Anderkent 13y ago
Unless possessing prescription-only medicine is illegal where you live (doubtful), you can just order it on the internet. I don't think it's a restricted drug anywhere.
- deliminator 13y ago
  Be careful, in the country I live in (Austria) it is illegal to import prescription drugs. Customs made me pay a fine of about 60$ for trying to import Melatonin (and I didn't get the Melatonin either).
  - mikeash 13y ago
    Amazing. In the US, melatonin just sits there right on the shelf where anybody who feels like can buy it for a couple bucks. No prescription, no ID, and extremely cheap.
    - _delirium 13y ago
      The U.S. is somewhat idiosyncratic in classifying melatonin as not being a drug at all, but rather a dietary supplement, akin to natural/alternative-health stuff like St John's wort, fish-liver oil, or the various herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore it doesn't even get to the prescription vs. OTC decision, since dietary supplements are basically unregulated, as long as they don't make medical claims on the label or in advertising.
- cma 13y ago
  It is in the US, schedule 4. Oddly armodafinil metabolizes to the same thing and isn't restricted.
  - aestra 13y ago
    Yes Armodafinil is in Schedule 4 and it is a stereoisomer of Modafinil. You're thinking of the prodrug Adrafinil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrafinil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrafinil There's a few reasons why Adrafinil isn't scheduled. It wasn't ever approved by the FDA or marketed in the US and never used heavily in the US, thus the DEA never bothered to regulate it. When Modafinil got FDA approval, the DEA felt the need to evaluate it. Adrafinil was used in France and other parts of Europe, however Cephalon is no longer allowed to market the drug in France, and they have discontinued it.
- aestra 13y ago
  It is a Schedule 4 drug in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_IV_drugs_%28US%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_IV_drugs_%28US... Same schedule as Xanax,Valium, Ativan, Ambien...

Some people are less sensitive to caffeine. Maybe you're one of those. Personally I'd like to try it, but it's prescription-only where I live...

by epsylon 13y ago

Some people are less sensitive to caffeine. Maybe you're one of those. Personally I'd like to try it, but it's prescription-only where I live...

Anderkent 13y ago

Unless possessing prescription-only medicine is illegal where you live (doubtful), you can just order it on the internet. I don't think it's a restricted drug anywhere.

deliminator 13y ago
Be careful, in the country I live in (Austria) it is illegal to import prescription drugs. Customs made me pay a fine of about 60$ for trying to import Melatonin (and I didn't get the Melatonin either).
- mikeash 13y ago
  Amazing. In the US, melatonin just sits there right on the shelf where anybody who feels like can buy it for a couple bucks. No prescription, no ID, and extremely cheap.
  - _delirium 13y ago
    The U.S. is somewhat idiosyncratic in classifying melatonin as not being a drug at all, but rather a dietary supplement, akin to natural/alternative-health stuff like St John's wort, fish-liver oil, or the various herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore it doesn't even get to the prescription vs. OTC decision, since dietary supplements are basically unregulated, as long as they don't make medical claims on the label or in advertising.
cma 13y ago
It is in the US, schedule 4. Oddly armodafinil metabolizes to the same thing and isn't restricted.
- aestra 13y ago
  Yes Armodafinil is in Schedule 4 and it is a stereoisomer of Modafinil. You're thinking of the prodrug Adrafinil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrafinil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrafinil There's a few reasons why Adrafinil isn't scheduled. It wasn't ever approved by the FDA or marketed in the US and never used heavily in the US, thus the DEA never bothered to regulate it. When Modafinil got FDA approval, the DEA felt the need to evaluate it. Adrafinil was used in France and other parts of Europe, however Cephalon is no longer allowed to market the drug in France, and they have discontinued it.
aestra 13y ago
It is a Schedule 4 drug in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_IV_drugs_%28US%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_IV_drugs_%28US... Same schedule as Xanax,Valium, Ativan, Ambien...