Modafinil Is Not a Substitute for Sleep: What Decades of Research Actually Tell Us
The pill sounds almost too good. Sustained focus through sleepless nights, no addiction risk, no crash, no jitteriness — just borrowed alertness, available on demand. Modafinil has been circulating in military units, hospital wards, and college libraries for decades, and the science behind it is real. What the science also shows, consistently and inconveniently, is…
