I was interviewed by The Daily Beast (see link below) to comment on which medications the President might be taking to deal with his, at times, grueling travel schedule. The article discusses the use of wake-promoting agents such as Provigil and Nuvigil which can be used responsibly and effectively by patients who are carefully screened [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sleeping pills’
Michael Jackson and Sedatives/Hypnotics in the News Again
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124951605785809351.html) ran a front page story on Micheal Jackson and his use of Propofol (Diprivan) as a sleeping agent. For those interested in this issue, I blogged about it on July 23, 2009.