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Home Front: Politix
Emails Show Top HRC Aide Researched Alzheimer's Drug
2016-08-25
[Free Beacon] Recently released emails show that Jake Sullivan, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, researched a drug that is used to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, among other disorders, while Clinton was secretary of state and told her about his findings.

Sullivan, Clinton’s top foreign policy adviser, was researching the drug Provigil for Clinton at the State Department in 2011, the Daily Caller reported.

Sullivan emailed Clinton information on Provigil and told her about its use and history. Sullivan noted in an email that Provigil is used for narcolepsy and treating patients with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis who have excessive sleepiness.

Sullivan also noted that Provigil is often prescribed to treat "excessive sleepiness in patients with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis."

Common Side Effects of Provigil:
Headache, nausea, nervousness, dizziness, or difficulty sleeping, fast/pounding/irregular heartbeat, mental/mood changes (such as agitation, confusion, depression, hallucinations, barking, rare thoughts of suicide).

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Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Personal/family experience:

Amb1en kicks the sleeper awake after 4-6 hours, but there is a hangover drowsiness that can last much of the day.

Nuvigi1 works well for some people, but in others it causes extreme dizziness, nausea, and cataplexy.

Both Nuvigi1 and Provigi1 can cause mania.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-08-25 22:20  

#6  Forget HRC and her problem. Think of yourself! Deep breathing Spats. Don't forget the deep breathing.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-25 17:27  

#5  By the way the last reference there was for modafini1 use in nootropics, so called cognitive enhancers or "smart" pills. Their original purpose for research was for things like Alzheimer and dementia, but the focus has changed in the past decade and a half.

Maybe this is Hillary was wanting, to be smarter and sharper to keep her lies straight and not get caught - she is after all not that bright. Like a badger, not smart but vicious as hell.

As for the drug, ask any recent ER MD about how residency works and what medications are commonly used to combat screwed up schedules and long hours. Zo1pidem (Ambi3n) and modafini1 (Provigi1) will come up - so will arm0dafinil (Nuvigi1) the newer version with supposedly less side effect.
Posted by: Spats Snulet6419   2016-08-25 15:40  

#4  Provigil also given to military personnel who need to stay awake. This is a stay-awake pill.

It is *not* a primary treatment for Alzheimer, so stop it with tha t- find better evidence for it instead of posting distorted Trump supporter crap like this. You want Alzheimer meds, find a reference to Aricept or Namenda. You want to prove dementia, you'll have to do far better than this - its nowhere close to a smoking gun. the mention was in passing.

Here is something any good MD can tell you about it. With the academic citations to back it up.

Modafinil is a wakefulness-promoting agent (or eugeroic) used for treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea.

"FDA Approved Labeling Text for Provigil" (PDF). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. January 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

Morgenthaler TI, Lee-Chiong T, Alessi C, Friedman L, Aurora RN, Boehlecke B, Brown T, Chesson AL, Kapur V, Maganti R, Owens J, Pancer J, Swick TJ, Zak R (Nov 2007). "Practice parameters for the clinical evaluation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report". Sleep. 30 (11): 1445–59. PMC 2082098free to read. PMID 18041479.

Zee PC, Attarian H, Videnovic A (Feb 2013). "Circadian rhythm abnormalities". Continuum. 19 (1 Sleep Disorders): 132–47. doi:10.1212/01.CON.0000427209.21177.aa. PMC 3654533free to read. PMID 23385698.

Battleday RM, Brem AK (Nov 2015). "Modafinil for cognitive neuroenhancement in healthy non-sleep-deprived subjects: A systematic review". European Neuropsychopharmacology. 25 (11): 1865–81. doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.07.028. PMID 26381811.

Posted by: Spats Snulet6418   2016-08-25 15:16  

#3  Yes.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-08-25 11:08  

#2  Was it on behalf of Hillary or Bill?
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-08-25 08:50  

#1  Getting her successfully across the finish line with Donald Trump in the rear view mirror is the obvious objective. After January 20th she can take up permanent residence at the Mayo Clinic. The libtards and oligarchs will have sustained control.

Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-25 08:06