Description
Waklert 150 mg tablet is a smart drug that can help you keep your sleepiness away. Inability to remain awake through the daytime or when a person needs to become problematic hampers a person’s productivity. Why a person feels excessive sleepiness when not required may differ from individual to individual. If the sleepiness is occasional, then it may be mainly attributed to poor sleeping habits.
However, certain sleep conditions such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy affect people, rendering them asleep anywhere, at any time. According to a study, sleep-related disorders affect nearly 1 in every 2,000 individuals in the USA alone. To handle this issue, doctors prescribe drugs that prevent people from dozing off in the middle of their workday.
Waklert 150 mg tablet is currently FDA approved to treat sleeping disorders like narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, and also work shift sleep disorders that all induce excessive daytime sleepiness. Waklert 150mg is better because it is a dopamine agonist (compound activating dopamine receptors) which binds the dopamine neurotransmitters and impedes dopamine reuptake (reabsorption of dopamine from its transmitters) and ultimately helps to stay awake and energized.
What is Waklert 150mg?
Waklert 150mg contain Armodafinil used to treat narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, and work shift sleep disorder that all induce excessive daytime sleepiness. Waklert 150 mg (Armodafinil) drug is an enantiopure form of the eugeroic (wakefulness-promoting agents) Modafinil drug. It is the generic form of the more expensive Nuvigil. This medication is a better alternative to other psychostimulants because of its longer half-life.
Therefore, this is the reason it is more helpful in keeping the users of Waklert 150 mg to stay awake and alert for a longer duration. In the United States, Waklert’s salt composition Armodafinil is a schedule IV prescription-only drug. Therefore, it is highly likely to generate a kind of dependence on Waklert 150 and this dependence leads to abuse and addiction. It is recommended for patients to proceed with caution.
What are the Uses of Waklert 150mg?
- narcolepsy, a situation where in there are abnormalities in the sleep-wake cycle,
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea – a condition where the breathing process is difficult for a specific period of time or the breathing is slight, which response to a lack of sleep at night or even in the daytime.
- excessive daytime sleepiness. (Abnormal daytime feeling of sleepiness.)
- ADHD is Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (wherein a person is inadequate to pay proper concentration.)
- Shift work sleep disorder. (Irregular time of working)
Other uses of Waklert 150 mg.
- Bipolar disorder.
Armodafinil in combination with racemic modafinil is helpful to treat acute depression in patients with bipolar disorder.
- schizophrenia.
At the beginning of 2010, the study stated that (Armodafinil) Waklert is not helpful to treat Schizophrenia. Nevertheless after a year or so it was found that Waklert 150mg is effective in treating schizophrenia.
What Happens when Waklert 150 mg Interacts with the Body?
Armodafinil or more commonly known as armodafinil is a direct agonist of the dopamine receptor and helps in hindering dopamine reuptake. Armodafinil is also the main ingredient of Waklert 150 that helps in promoting wakefulness in sleep disorder patients.
Known as a ‘eugeroic’ (wakefulness-promoting agent), Waklert 150 mg tablets stimulate the brain in keeping arousal and alertness required throughout the day. It is a fact of Waklert 150mg that it does not bind to or inhibit a wide range of enzymes that are associated with sleep. As far as dopamine receptor agonists are concerned, it is an indirect inhibitor. It has a positive effect on the sleep response system in the brain.
How Long does Waklert 150 mg Pill Last and Work?
Waklert 150mg is a commercial wakefulness drug. This tablet lasts in the human body for 15 to 20 hours because it contains activating dopamine receptors and R- enantiomers and S- enantiomers it has a longer duration. As the absorption of Waklert 150mg tablet reaches its peak concentration in just 2 hours or it may also take 4 hours depending on the condition and body. Moreover, Waklert 150mg takes about 7 days to exit from the human body.
When and How to Take Waklert 150mg Tablets?
Waklert 100mg tablets may or may not be taken with food both ways it is considerable. Adults and teenagers above the age group of 17 years are most commonly prescribed to take 100mg once a day. Consumption of the tablet in its actual form leads to effectiveness. Professionals may increase or decrease the dose of Waklert according to the patient and their medical condition. In rare cases even children get easily prey to such sleeping disorders however, they can be cured with the help of professional experts.
It is advisable to take medicine at the same time every day in the morning mostly and a maximum of up to 150mg a day. Do not alter the time of your medications. It is mostly prescribed by doctors to take Waklert in the daytime, that is in the morning. For people suffering from narcolepsy and sleep Apnea, take the tablet before or after breakfast as prescribed by the concerned doctor. People suffering from shift work disorder can take Waklert before starting their work.
What if You Miss a Dose of Waklert 150mg?
Medical attention is very important while treating with medicines. Call Consumption of medications on time keeps your body system in proper sync. However, if you forget or miss your dose of Waklert 150mg tablet to take on time professional experts recommend taking it as soon as you remember, but in case you recognize your dose at the time of your next dose then they advise skipping your current dose and carrying on with your typical dosing pattern.
What Happens when You Overdose on Waklert 150mg?
If you overdose on Waklert 150mg there are high chances it may lead to
- tachycardia,
- insomnia,
- agitation,
- dizziness,
- anxiety, etc.
Therefore, one should instantly take this act into serious consideration. However, the patient should contact their doctor immediately or connect to any local medical emergency center.
What is the Dosing Pattern of Waklert 150mg?
As doses depend on the person and their state. However, it varies from person to person and the disorder he\ she is dealing with. Therefore, the following are some common prescriptions of medicines doctors mostly prefer.
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome
Take Waklert 150 to 250 mg e orally in the morning.
- Narcolepsy
Take Waklert 150 to 250 mg e orally in the morning.
- Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Take Waklert 150 mg of dose orally once/day 1 hour before a work shift.
- ADHD
Take Waklert 150mg to 150 doses orally in the morning.
- ESD (excessive sleep disorder.)
Take Waklert 150 mg of dose while feeling sleepy during the day.
Therefore, before taking Waklert medication, tell your complete medical history to your doctor and take proper precautions. Hence, follow your doctor’s instructions correctly.
What are the Side Effects of Waklert 150 mg?
Therefore, there are some mild side effects of Waklert 150mg as follows:
- headache.
- dizziness.
- Difficult to sleep or stay asleep.
- Difficult to pay attention or concentrate.
- uncontrollable body parts
- numbness,
- burning,
- Nausea.
What are the Adverse Side Effects of Waklert 150 mg?
Therefore, there are some adverse side effects of Waklert 150mg.
- Serious Side Effects
- Blistering,
- burning,
- difficult, or labored breathing.
- fast irregular beats.
- frequent urination.
- headache, severe and throbbing.
- increased volume of pale, dilute urine.
- severe redness.
Who Should Avoid Waklert 150 mg?
For some people, Waklert 150mg is not safe to use as per their medical condition for example:
- enlarged heart,
- mitral valve problem,
- chest pain,
- heart attack,
- irregular heartbeat,
- high blood pressure,
- depression,
What are the Medicines to Avoid While Treating with Waklert 150 mg?
While treating Waklert 150 mg there are some precautions one needs to follow. Combinations of some medicines are not to be taken while consuming Waklert. Following is the list of drugs one should not take while treating with Waklert 150mg.
- Birth Control pills,
- Implants,
- Shots,
- Patches,
- Vaginal rings,
- IUD
