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I was reading this article below today and wondered if anyone who experienced daytime sleepiness on PD drugs has taken Modafinil? Thanks, Gail Modafinil treatment of pramipexole-induced somnolence RA Hauser, MN Wahba, TA Zesiewicz P680 A 34-year-old woman on 4.5 mg/day pramipexole [Mirapex] experienced increasingly frequent daytime sleepiness, with two incidents of falling asleep while driving. She was treated with 50 mg/day modafinil for 5 days, then 100 mg/day. She reported a disappearance of her somnolence [sleepiness], with continued benefit through five months follow-up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn